Title Creating a New Medina : State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India / Venkat Dhulipala.

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Daryaganj, Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource (554 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Summary	This book challenges the fundamental assumptions regarding the foundations of Pakistani nationalism during colonial rule in India.
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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject	All-India Muslim League -- History -- 20th century.
	All-India Muslim League.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
	Pakistan.
	Politics and government.
	India, North -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
	North India.
	Uttar Pradesh (India) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
	Elections -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- History -- 20th century.
	Elections.
	India -- Uttar Pradesh.
	Pakistan movement -- History.
	Pakistan movement.
	Nationalism -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa -- History -- 20th century.
	Nationalism.
	Power (Social sciences) -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa -- History -- 20th century.
	Power (Social sciences)
	Islam and politics -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa -- History -- 20th century.
	Islam and politics.
	Postcolonialism -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa -- History -- 20th century.
	Postcolonialism.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Dhulipala, Venkat. Creating a new Medina 9781107052123 (DLC) 2014018926 (OCoLC)888164618
ISBN	9781316258453 (electronic book)
	1316258459 (electronic book)
	9781107280380 (electronic book)
	1107280389 (electronic book)
	9781316258422
	1316258424
	9781316258439
	1316258432
	9781107052123
	1107052122 (hardback)

Title Creating a New Medina : State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India / Venkat Dhulipala.

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