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Author Dhulipala, Venkat

Title Creating a New Medina : State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India / Venkat Dhulipala
Published Daryaganj, Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (554 pages)
Contents Nationalists', communalists' and the 1937 provincial elections -- Muslim mass contacts' and the rise of the Muslim League -- Two constitutional lawyers from Bombay and the debate over Pakistan in the public sphere -- The Muslim League and the idea of Pakistan in the United Provinces -- The Ulama at the forefront of politics : three critiques of Pakistan from the United Provinces -- Urdu press, public opinion, and the controversies over Pakistan -- Fusing Islam and state power : Shabbir Ahmad Usmani and Pakistan as the new Medina -- The referendum on Pakistan : the elections of 1945-46 -- Epilogue
Summary This book challenges the fundamental assumptions regarding the foundations of Pakistani nationalism during colonial rule in India
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject All-India Muslim League -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT All-India Muslim League fast
Subject Elections -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- History -- 20th century
Pakistan movement -- History
Nationalism -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa -- History -- 20th century
Power (Social sciences) -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa -- History -- 20th century
Islam and politics -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa -- History -- 20th century
Postcolonialism -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
Elections
Islam and politics
Nationalism
Pakistan movement
Politics and government
Postcolonialism
Power (Social sciences)
SUBJECT Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 20th century
India, North -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Uttar Pradesh (India) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Subject North India
India -- Uttar Pradesh
Pakistan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781316258453
1316258459
9781107280380
1107280389
9781316258422
1316258424