TY - GEN AU - Ahmed, Ishtiaq TI - Jinnah: his successes, failures and role in history SN - 9780670090525 U1 - 954.04092 PY - 2020/// CY - Gurugram PB - Penguin Viking KW - Partition of India KW - Muslim nationalist KW - India and Pakistan KW - Jinnah, Mohammad Ali (1876-1948) KW - Biography KW - Indian history N1 - Includes notes, index and references N2 - 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. https://penguin.co.in/book/jinnah-2 ER -