I salute you Dr. Ahmed for your methodical research on the most Intriguing, intertwined and complicated history of the largest subcontinent spanning for almost a century. I am unable to purchase your books on Punjab and Pakistan due to such high price. Is there any low-priced edition...?
Jinnah aspired a high office in dominionised or independent india. When he was met with heavy competition, he thought he'd rather be the boss over a few if he couldn't be a boss over all.
YEK SAWAL HAI. : PARTITION KE BAAD KITNEY MUSLIMS BHARATH ME RAHGAYE THEY AB 2021 ME KITNEY AABADI HAI. YISI TARAH PAKISTAN ME KITNEY HINDU AUR SIKH RAGAYE THEY AB KITNEY AABAD HAIN
India had 9.8% Muslims in 1947. They are now 14.2%. West Pakistan was to have 21% Hindus and Sikhs according to the Partition Plan but all of them were forced to leave or left on their own. By December 1947 their numbers went down to 1.6%. They are still 1.6%. DO READ MY JINNAH BOOK WHERE ALL THESE THINGS ARE DISCUSSED-
@@Billumian47 Sir Ishtiaq, I am an Indian and I reside in Calcutta, West Bengal. West Bengal has a Muslim population well beyond 30%. It is one of the states with the highest number of adherents of Islam. Numerous other states such as Kerala, UP, Assam, Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab and of course Jammu and Kashmir, have Muslims in heavy numbers. Swathes of the Muslim population remain undocumented. So I truly believe that calling Muslims a minority in India is unjustified. It truly is the 'other majority'. I see the thought of India to have blossomed here. It is not perfect as the living standards are heavily skewed and people prefer to live in constructed or organic enclaves of their communities. Yet, I see an overall nonchalance to the fact as to who is Muslim and who is Hindu in daily life. I buy my daily ration from Muslim vendors and Muslims wear clothes manufactured by Hindus. That is what the thought of India is, isn't it? I also agree that there are incidents of rioting all over the country from time to time but when a hundred and forty crore people live together, almost a fifth of the global population, the clang of utensils is but inevitable. Add to that the extent of heterogeneity of the populace. We call it *our diversity*. Moreover, I also agree to the fact that the current government of India is heavily inclined to the right and has a communal history. Yet, the decentralisation, denationalisation and autonomisation of the current government is advantageous for any country. And as spoken by you, the Universal Adult Franchise, where each human irrespective of any factor, plays an equal democratic role, effectively and comprehensively rejects hegemony, communalism and radicalism in the long run effectively. Plus it also ensures that the placed government is not an usurper or infringer but an effective display of the mood of the nation.
