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Pakistan : the formative phase, 1857-1948 / by Khalid B. Sayeed ; with a foreword by George Cunningham.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Karachi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1968 (1992 [printing])Edition: 2nd edDescription: ix, 341 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0195771141 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.901 SAY-P 1978 7684
Contents:
Pt. 1. Origins of Pakistan. 1. Conflicting Views About the Origin of Pakistan. 2. Anglo-Muslim Conciliation and the Beginnings of Hindu-Muslim Tension in India, 1857-1914. 3. Attempts at Hindu-Muslim Unity, 1916-40. 4. The Emergence of Pakistan - I. 5. The Emergence of Pakistan - II. 6. The Muslim League. Its Role and Organization -- Pt. 2. Continuation of the Viceregal System in Pakistan, 1947-8. 7. Jinnah's Appointment as Governor-General of Pakistan. 8. Constitutional and Political Powers of the Governor-General. 9. The Centre and the Provinces, 1947-8. 10. The Viceregal System and the Muslim Nationalist Movement.
Summary: This admirably written book analyses in a scholarly and impartial way a mass of material relating to the creation of Pakistan. Taking 1857 as the starting point, Khalid bin Sayeed relates the diverse factors which periodically heightened or lowered tension between the Hindus and Muslims of the subcontinent.Summary: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's remarkable achievements, the emergence of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League, the partition of Bengal, the granting of separate electorates, the Khilafat Movement, and the last minute manoeuvrings of both sides as the prospect of Independence drew nearer, are all excellently told. Impacting on this entire complex set of events, for better or worse, is the policy of the British Government.Summary: . The latter part of the book gives a clear and penetrating account of Pakistan's first year of independence and the role of Jinnah as Pakistan's Governor-General. Even thirty years after it was first published, Khalid bin Sayeed's scholarly study of the formative phase of Pakistan remains the definitive work for the period.
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954.9 ZIA- 1985 7700 Zia's Pakistan : 954.9 ZIA-E 2017 9181 East Pakistan separation : 954.901 JON-P 2002 7709 Politics in Sindh, 1907-1940 : 954.901 SAY-P 1978 7684 Pakistan : 954.903 RIA-P 1967 8887 پاکستان ناگزیر تھا 954.9035 ARI-T 1994 5737 تحریک پاکستان 954.904 AYE-S 1991 7201 The state of martial rule :

Previous ed.: Karachi : Pakistan Publishing House, 1960.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-316) and index.

Pt. 1. Origins of Pakistan. 1. Conflicting Views About the Origin of Pakistan. 2. Anglo-Muslim Conciliation and the Beginnings of Hindu-Muslim Tension in India, 1857-1914. 3. Attempts at Hindu-Muslim Unity, 1916-40. 4. The Emergence of Pakistan - I. 5. The Emergence of Pakistan - II. 6. The Muslim League. Its Role and Organization -- Pt. 2. Continuation of the Viceregal System in Pakistan, 1947-8. 7. Jinnah's Appointment as Governor-General of Pakistan. 8. Constitutional and Political Powers of the Governor-General. 9. The Centre and the Provinces, 1947-8. 10. The Viceregal System and the Muslim Nationalist Movement.

This admirably written book analyses in a scholarly and impartial way a mass of material relating to the creation of Pakistan. Taking 1857 as the starting point, Khalid bin Sayeed relates the diverse factors which periodically heightened or lowered tension between the Hindus and Muslims of the subcontinent.

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's remarkable achievements, the emergence of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League, the partition of Bengal, the granting of separate electorates, the Khilafat Movement, and the last minute manoeuvrings of both sides as the prospect of Independence drew nearer, are all excellently told. Impacting on this entire complex set of events, for better or worse, is the policy of the British Government.

. The latter part of the book gives a clear and penetrating account of Pakistan's first year of independence and the role of Jinnah as Pakistan's Governor-General. Even thirty years after it was first published, Khalid bin Sayeed's scholarly study of the formative phase of Pakistan remains the definitive work for the period.

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