TY - BOOK AU - Dhulipala,Venkat TI - Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India SN - 9781316258453 AV - DS480 .C743 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Daryaganj, Delhi PB - Cambridge University Press KW - All-India Muslim League KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Elections KW - India KW - Uttar Pradesh KW - Pakistan movement KW - Nationalism KW - Pakistan KW - Pāṭa KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Islam and politics KW - Postcolonialism KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - This book challenges the fundamental assumptions regarding the foundations of Pakistani nationalism during colonial rule in India UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=919828&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -