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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Sole Spokesman by Ayesha Jalal
In 1940 the AllIndia 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 AllIndia 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.