The political career of Mohammad Ali Jinnah / William S. Metz ; edited by Roger D. Long ; foreword by M.R. Kazimi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Metz, William S. (William Stafford), 1918-1971.

Contributor:

Long, Roger D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, 1876-1948.

Jinnah, Mahomed Ali.

Pakistan movement.

Statesmen--Pakistan--Biography.

Statesmen.

Pakistan.

India--Politics and government--1919-1947.

India.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Biographie.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 168 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Jinnah

Place of Publication:

Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Summary:

Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) is chiefly known as the founder of Pakistan, and as such is widely revered in Pakistan and reviled in India. This book aims to present an impartial account of his career. Through a wide range of sources the author demonstrates how Jinnah started out as a secular-minded nationalist, dedicated to bringing independence to India through constitutional means, and eager to work through both Congress and the Muslim League to achieve Hindu-Muslim unity in the struggle. The highpoint of this strategy was the Congress-League Pact of 1916, but this could not be maintained. The book charts the stages in Jinnah's disillusion and change of direction. British repression after the First World War led Gandhi and Congress into policies of which he disapproved, and Gandhi's leadership with its Hindu-dominated tone also wounded him both personally and politically. He retired from politics in 1920 and when he returned in 1924 he tried a different tack, seeking to unite the Muslim League as the political vehicle for achieving Hindu-Muslim agreement. But here too he failed; his attempts at agreement with Congress were rebuffed and this weakened him within the League. When the 1930 Round Table Conference failed to produce unity, Jinnah again retired from politics. British initiatives during the 1930s met with divided responses. Increasingly worried at the prospect of active Hindu domination in an independent India, and at Congress's refusal to guarantee safeguards, Jinnah again returned to the fray and, as leader of the Muslim League, adopted Partition as the political principle for the subcontinent's Muslims. By holding unswervingly to this through all the negotiations, against considerable odds he achieved Pakistan.

Contents:

Law student

Lawyer

Early political influences

Toward a communal settlement 1906-1916

The first great disappointment 1917-1920

Reviving the Muslim League 1923-1927

The Nehru Report and the Fourteen Points 1928-1929

The Round Table Conference 1930-1931

Aftermath of the Round Table Conference 1932-1933

The communal award and the new constitution 1934-1935

Elections under the new constitution 1936-1937

'Congress rule' 1938-1939

The Pakistan demand 1940-1945

The Pakistan demand fulfilled 1946-1947

Conclusion.

Notes:

Based on the author's dissertation (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1952.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-160) and index.

ISBN:

0195476735

9780195476736

OCLC:

530346317