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The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

In 1906 an Official Wrote to Lady Minto That the Viceroy Had Pulled 62 Million Muslims Back From the 'Seditious Opposition.' Historians Still Disagree on Whether Britain, the Congress or Jinnah Himself Brought Pakistan About

The Constituent Assembly Opened on 9 December 1946 Without the Muslim League, Spent 114 Days Debating the Draft Constitution, and Had 15 Women Among Its Members

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Jinnah Helped Draft the 1916 Lucknow Pact, Argued in 1929 Against a Bill to Try Bhagat Singh and His Fellow Hunger-Strikers in Their Absence, and Accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan for 53 Days in 1946

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Sir Stafford Cripps Went to India in March 1942 and Again in March 1946, and the Papers Show Congress, the League and the Cabinet Each Reading the Same Offer Differently