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020			_a9781316616314
082			_a954.91035 DHU-V
100			_aDhulipala, Venkat
245			_aCreating a new medina : _bstate power, Islam, and the quest for Pakistan in late colonial north India / _cVenkat Dhulipala
260			_aIndia _bCambridge University _c2015
300			_a530p.
500			_aThis book examines how the idea of Pakistan was articulated and debated in the public sphere and how popular enthusiasm was generated for its successful achievement, especially in the crucial province of UP (now Uttar Pradesh) in the last decade of British colonial rule in India. Discusses the fundamental assumptions regarding the foundations of Pakistani nationalism as well as our current understanding of the roots of its postcolonial identity crisis
650			_a All-India Muslim League--History--20th century.
650			_aElections--India--Uttar Pradesh--History--20th century.
650			_aPakistan movement--History.
650			_aNationalism--Pakistan--History--20th century.
650			_aPower (Social sciences)--Pakistan--History--20th century.
650			_aIslam and politics--Pakistan--History--20th century.
650			_aPostcolonialism--Pakistan--History--20th century.
650			_aPakistan--Politics and government--20th century.
650			_aIndia, North--Politics and government--20th century.
650			_aUttar Pradesh (India)--Politics and government--20th century.
999			_c92373 _d92373