The foundations of Muslim nationalism
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The foundations of Muslim nationalism
（Pathway to India's Partition, v. 1）
Manohar, 1999
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ASII/323.1/F313345640
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"Issued under the auspices of the Rajendra Prasad Academy, New Delhi."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-308) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first of a three-volume study of the background of Indias Partition, decidedly one of the seminal developments in the history of the subcontinent. Rejecting the widely held view that Partition was the result mainly of British manipulation and the mistakes or intransigence of certain Indian leaders, the author asserts that it was the result primarily of a powerful movement of Muslim nationalism. This volume is devoted to a discussion of this foundations of that nationalism. Dealing at the outset with the legacy of the past, the author disputes the theory of a perpetual, centuries-old conflict between two antagonistic civilisations in the political arena. At the same time he shows how both the Muslim and the Hindu elites had already become conscious of their separate identities before the era of their modern political awakening began in the second half of the nineteenth century. He then moves on to discuss the nature of the economic divide between the two communities and the intellectual as well as emotional environment of the Muslim elite.
At the end the focus turns to Hindu nationalism and British policy both of which, in varying degrees, worked as props for Muslim nationalism. In every chapter an effort has been made to synthesize the results of latest researchers as also to prevent fresh interpretations.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- I. The Legacy from the Past
- II. The Economic Divide
- III. Ideological and Emotional Environment of the Muslim Elite
- IV. Hindu Nationalism, Ethos of Indian Nationalism and British Policy
- Appendix I. Syed Ahmed Khans Speech at Lucknow, 28 September 1887
- Appendix II. Al-Hilal: Objectives and Political Message, by Abul Kalam Azad, 8 September 1912
- Appendix III. Excerpts from Muhammad Iqbals Presidential Address to the Twenty-first Session of the All India Muslim League, Allahabad, 29 December 1930
- Appendix IV. Now or Never
- Are We to Live or Perish for Ever? by Rahmat Ali and three others, 28 January 1933
- Bibliography
- Index.
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