Jinnah India, Partition, Independence
Paperback
Rs 1102
| Genre: | Biography: Historical, Political & Military |
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| Language : | English |
| Published: | August 08, 2009 |
| Edition: | 7th |
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| Origin: | India |
| ISBN13: | 9788129113788 |
| ISBN10: | 8129113783 |
| Pages: | 669 |
| Dimensions: | 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.75 inches |
| Weight: | 1138.52 g |
About the Book
Contents: List of illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction: A complex opening. 1. India and Islam. 2. Jenabhai to Jinnah: the journey. 3. The Turbulent twenties. 4. Sharpening focus -- narrowing options. 5. A short decade -- a long end game. 6. Sunset of the empire -- 'post-dated cheque on a collapsing bank'. 7. A war of succession -- diverging paths. 8. Stymied negotiations? 9. Mountbatten Viceroyalty: the end of the Raj. 10. Pakistan: birth -- independence: the Quaid-e-Azam's last journey. 11. In retrospect. Appendices. Endnotes. Index. "No Indian or Pakistani politician/Member of Parliament has ventured an analytical, political biography of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, about whom views necessarily get divided as being either hagiographical or additional demonology. The book attempts an objective evaluation. Jaswant Singh's experience as a minister responsible for the conduct of India's foreign policy, managing the country's defence (concurrently), had been uniformly challe