The Gandhi-Jinnah Talks and Public Response

Sub title : Telegrams of Support for Hindu-Muslim Unity and Political Negotiations

Subject: Indian Political History | Hindu-Muslim Relations | Gandhi-Jinnah Talks | Muslim League Politics

Date of publication: 1944

Language: English

Page: 210 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27849

Keyword: Gandhi-Jinnah Talks -- Hindu-Muslim Unity -- Muslim Self-Determination -- Indian Independence | Political Negotiations -- Public Support -- Muslim League -- 1944 | Political History -- Telegram Correspondence.

Abstract: This collection documents the widespread public response to the historic meetings between M.A. Jinnah and Mahatma Gandhi in September 1944. The telegrams capture a groundswell of support from across India for these unity efforts, with messages pouring in from diverse groups including textile labor unions, women's organizations, student federations, municipal councils, and various political conferences. The senders consistently express hope for a "successful meeting," pray for "Hindu-Muslim unity," and endorse the principle of Muslim self-determination as the basis for a Congress-League settlement. This corpus provides valuable insight into the popular sentiment and organized public mobilization surrounding one of the most significant political dialogues of the Indian independence movement.

Description: This collection of telegraph forms from September 1944 offers a fascinating window into the public reception of the Gandhi-Jinnah talks. The documents reveal how various segments of Indian society - from professors and doctors to workers and women's groups - actively engaged with high-level political negotiations. The telegrams show a consistent pattern of support for Jinnah's leadership while expressing hope for communal harmony and political settlement. This archival material is particularly valuable for understanding the grassroots political culture of the period and the ways in which ordinary citizens and organized groups participated in national political discourse through telegraphic communication. The collection represents an important primary source for studying both the specific historical moment of the Gandhi-Jinnah talks and broader patterns of political communication in late colonial India. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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