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Gandhis Hinduism the Struggle against Jinnahs Islam

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Gandhis Hinduism the Struggle against Jinnahs Islam

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Gandhi, a devout Hindu, believed faith could nurture the civilizational harmony of India, a land where every religion had flourished. Jinnah, a political Muslim rather than a practicing believer, was determined to carve up a syncretic subcontinent in the name of Islam. His confidence came from a wartime deal with Britain, embodied in the ‘August Offer’ of 1940. Gandhi’s strength lay in ideological commitment which was, in the end, ravaged by the communal violence that engineered partition. The price of this epic confrontation, paid by the people, has stretched into generations

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ISBN 13	9789394701076
Book Language	English
Binding	Paperback
Total Pages	476
Author	M J AKBAR
GAIN	HJX3AT7F011
Publishers	Bloomsbury India
Category	Politics Political Theory

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Product Details

ISBN 13	9789394701076
Book Language	English
Binding	Paperback
Total Pages	476
Author	M J AKBAR
GAIN	HJX3AT7F011
Publishers	Bloomsbury India
Category	Politics Political Theory