M. A. Jinnah: The Final Ascent to Pakistan (1947)

Sub title : U.S. Diplomacy, Communal Violence, and the Establishment of a Nation

Subject: Partition of India 1947 | U.S. Foreign Policy | Pakistan Movement | NWFP Referendum

Date of publication: 1947

Language: English

Page: 61 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27464

Keyword: Partition of India 1947 | U.S. State Department | Cabinet Mission Plan — Constituent Assembly — The Pakistan Times | Iftikhar-ud-Din — Bombay Riots 1947 — NWFP Referendum | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan — Red Shirts — Pakistan News Agency | Nation-Building and Governor-General of Pakistan.

Abstract: This collection from 1947 captures the intense pressures and critical events leading to Pakistan's creation. It features a U.S. diplomatic warning, the launch of a key national newspaper, ground-level reports on communal violence, Jinnah's decisive handling of the NWFP referendum, and early visions for Pakistan's international voice through a news agency.

Description: This file provides a panoramic view of Quaid-e-Azam M.A. Jinnah's leadership in the climactic year of 1947. It begins with high-stakes international diplomacy, as the United States directly intervenes with its concerns about the Indian political deadlock. Simultaneously, the creation of foundational institutions like The Pakistan Times is set against the grim backdrop of communal violence, documented in stark, confidential reports from Bombay. Jinnah's unwavering political strategy is clear in his masterful response to the Frontier Congress's call for an independent "Pathan State," where he holds them to the accepted terms of the June 3rd Plan. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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