Dhulipala, Venkat. <br/><br/>
Creating a New Medina :  State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India / 
Venkat Dhulipala. 
 - Daryaganj, Delhi :  Cambridge University Press,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource (554 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> This book challenges the fundamental assumptions regarding the foundations of Pakistani nationalism during colonial rule in India. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781316258453 9781107280380 9781316258422 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>All-India Muslim League--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Elections--History--India--Uttar Pradesh--20th century.<br/>Pakistan movement--History.<br/>Nationalism--History--Pakistan--Pāṭa--20th century.<br/>Power (Social sciences)--History--Pakistan--Pāṭa--20th century.<br/>Islam and politics--History--Pakistan--Pāṭa--20th century.<br/>Postcolonialism--History--Pakistan--Pāṭa--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS480  / .C743 2014