The sole spokesman : Jinnah, the Muslim League, and the demand for Pakistan / [Book] :
Ayesha Jalal.
- Lahore : Sang-e-Meel Publications, 1992.
- xiii, 310 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Cambridge, 1982. Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 296-300.
In 1940 the All-India Muslim League orchestrated the demand for independent Muslim states in India. Seven years later Pakistan was created amidst a communal holocaust of unprecedented proportions. Concentrating on the All-India Muslim League and its leader, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, The Sole Spokesman assesses the role of religious communalism and provincialism in shaping the movement for Pakistan.