Jinnah A Life

Author : Yasser Latif Hamdani
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9789389109641

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Jinnah: A Life by Yasser Latif Hamdani Pdf

Was Jinnah the sole driving force behind the Partition of India? Or was he a champion of Islam who stood for a new Islamic renaissance? Mahomed Ali Jinnah started his political career in the Congress as a staunch Indian nationalist. He believed in secular politics and was opposed to bringing religion into it. He was known as an ambassador of Hindu–Muslim unity. So why did he, towards the end of his career, initiate the creation of a separate Muslim-state? This new biography provides the answers while casting fresh light on Jinnah's character, his personal life, his political and legal careers, his relationship with Gandhi, Nehru as well as his disagreements with their ideas. Carefully examining the major events of his life – from early childhood to his first speech as President of the All India Muslim League – Yasser Latif Hamdani presents a complex and compelling portrait of Jinnah who is often narrowly regarded as a votary of a theocratic Islamic state. Based on extensive research and a wealth of archival material, Hamdani has revealed those traits of Jinnah’s personality that made him the most misunderstood leader of his times. He also comments on how religious zealots have turned Pakistan into an Islamic Republic contrary to Jinnah's vision.

Author : B. R. Nanda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136704772

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Road to Pakistan by B. R. Nanda Pdf

This is a biography of Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the story of the creation of Pakistan. At a time of much interest and concern about Pakistan in the international community, this volume provides a historical context which helps in an understanding of the present. It traces the development of the Muslim identity on the Indian subcontinent and follows Jinnah as he rode the wave of Muslim communalism to ultimate success in the demand for the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan at independence from British rule. Jinnah’s successful espousal of the demand for Pakistan was a remarkable feat. In achieving this success, Jinnah traversed a long distance from the beliefs with which he entered public life. He started out a nationalist, as a protégé of senior Congress leaders like Dadabhai Naoroji. However, the introduction of separate electorates for Muslims after the Minto–Morley reforms in 1909 led him to change his position in order to appeal to his changed constituency. Even so, it was not until 1937 that he unabashedly played the religious card. He now began to see the Congress and the Hindus as his adversaries rather than the British. Through these twists and turns of posture, the one constant factor was his underlying ambition to remain in a position of leadership and eminence. This volume traces the zigzag course of Jinnah’s political life and the establishment of Pakistan within the broader framework of the Indian freedom struggle. Indeed the main players in this struggle with three protagonists were the Indian National Congress and the British rulers. This work demonstrates how this bigger struggle opened the door for Muslim separatism led by Jinnah. It was through this opening, aided by British moves to use the Muslim League as a foil to the Congress, that Jinnah very astutely led his party to success in its demand for the creation of Pakistan.

Author : Reddy Sheela
Publisher : Penguin Enterprise
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0143448692

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Mr and Mrs Jinnah by Reddy Sheela Pdf

When Ruttie Petit fled from her father's castle to wed Mohammed Ali Jinnah in 1918, their marriage outraged society at large. They were divided by community, religion and an age gap of twenty-four years. Well-known journalist Sheela Reddy uses never-before-seen personal letters and papers as well as accounts left by contemporaries and friends to portray this unusual relationship with a sympathetic, discerning eye. A product of intensive and meticulous research in Delhi, Bombay and Karachi, Reddy not only brings the solitary, misunderstood Jinnah and the lonely, wistful Ruttie to life, but also the society and politics of the times their story was set in. A must-read for all those interested in politics, history, and the power of an unforgettable love story.

Author : Stanley A. Wolpert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07-12
Category : Statesmen
ISBN : 0195678591

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Jinnah of Pakistan by Stanley A. Wolpert Pdf

This Is The First Scholarly Biography Of One Of The Most Important Political Figure Of The Modern World.

Author : M. Reza Pirbhai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781107192768

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Fatima Jinnah by M. Reza Pirbhai Pdf

The first major scholarly biography of Fatima Jinnah, both nuancing and gendering the socio-political history of modern South Asia.

Author : Jaswant Singh
Publisher : OUP India
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0195479270

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Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence by Jaswant Singh Pdf

The issues concerning the Partition of India in 1947 have long been debated both by Indian and Pakistani historians, but now a leader directly responsible for the Defence and Foreign Affairs of India has come forward with a historical appraisal that helps both countries come to a better understanding of the contentions between them. Jaswant Singh has not written a hagiography of Jinnah, but focused on him as a key figure in the final deliberations preceding Independence.

Author : Fatima Jinnah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Statesmen
ISBN : UOM:39015017732945

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My Brother by Fatima Jinnah Pdf

Author : Ishtiaq Ahmed
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789353056643

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Jinnah by Ishtiaq Ahmed Pdf

Mohammad Ali Jinnah has been both celebrated and reviled for his role in the Partition of India, and the controversies surrounding his actions have only increased in the seven decades and more since his death. Ishtiaq Ahmed places Jinnah's actions under intense scrutiny to ascertain the Quaid-i-Azam's successes and failures and the meaning and significance of his legacy. Using a wealth of contemporary records and archival material, Dr Ahmed traces Jinnah's journey from Indian nationalist to Muslim communitarian, and from a Muslim nationalist to, finally, Pakistan's all-powerful head of state. How did the ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity become the inflexible votary of the two-nation theory? Did Jinnah envision Pakistan as a theocratic state? What was his position on Gandhi and federalism? Asking these crucial questions against the backdrop of the turbulent struggle against colonialism, this book is a path-breaking examination of one of the most controversial figures of the twentieth century.

Author : Dinakara Joshī
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biographical fiction
ISBN : 8182745926

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Quaid-e-azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah by Dinakara Joshī Pdf

Author : Ajeet Javed
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0195476743

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Secular and Nationalist Jinnah by Ajeet Javed Pdf

Political biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, 1876-1948, statesman and founder of Pakistan.

Author : Declan Walsh
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780393249927

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The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State by Declan Walsh Pdf

Winner of the 2021 Overseas Press Club of America Cornelius Ryan Award The former New York Times Pakistan bureau chief paints an arresting, up-close portrait of a fractured country. Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times’s most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis—a chieftain readying for war at his desert fort, a retired spy skulking through the borderlands, and a crusading lawyer risking death for her beliefs, among others. Through these “nine lives” he describes a country on the brink—a place of creeping extremism and political chaos, but also personal bravery and dogged idealism that defy easy stereotypes. Unbeknownst to Walsh, however, an intelligence agent was tracking him. Written in the aftermath of Walsh’s abrupt deportation, The Nine Lives of Pakistan concludes with an astonishing encounter with that agent, and his revelations about Pakistan’s powerful security state. Intimate and complex, attuned to the centrifugal forces of history, identity, and faith, The Nine Lives of Pakistan offers an unflinching account of life in a precarious, vital country.

Author : Hector Bolitho
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Pakistan movement
ISBN : OCLC:502461040

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Jinnah by Hector Bolitho Pdf

Author : Khawaja Razi Haider,K̲h̲vājah Raz̤ī Ḥaidar
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0195477049

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Ruttie Jinnah by Khawaja Razi Haider,K̲h̲vājah Raz̤ī Ḥaidar Pdf

Biography of Rattī Jinnāḥ, d, 1929, wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, 1876-1948, founder of Pakistan.

Author : Ian Bryant Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015061272855

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Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity by Ian Bryant Wells Pdf

On the life and role of Mahomed Ali Jinnah, 1876-1948, Pakistani Statesman in the run up to Pakistan movement against India.

Author : Nisid Hajari
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781445648095

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Midnight's Furies by Nisid Hajari Pdf

After centuries of British rule, nobody expected Indian Independence and the birth of Pakistan to be so bloody - they were supposed to be the answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's protégé and the political leader of India, believed Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, not a firebrand. But in August 1946, exactly a year before Independence, Calcutta erupted in street-gang fighting. A cycle of riots - targeting Hindus, then Muslims, then Sikhs - spiraled out of control. As the summer of 1947 approached, all three groups were heavily armed and on edge, and the British rushed to leave. Hell let loose. Trains carried Muslims west and Hindus east to their slaughter. Some of the most brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing in modern history erupted on both sides of the new border, carving a gulf between India and Pakistan that remains a root cause of many evils. From jihadi terrorism to nuclear proliferation, the searing tale told in Midnight's Furies explains all too many of the headlines we read today.