Inheriting the Raj: Jinnah and the Governor-Generalship Issue
| العنوان: | Inheriting the Raj: Jinnah and the Governor-Generalship Issue |
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| المؤلفون: | Ayesha Jalal |
| المصدر: | Modern Asian Studies. 19:29-53 |
| بيانات النشر: | Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1985. |
| سنة النشر: | 1985 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Successor cardinal, History, Sociology and Political Science, Political science, Geography, Planning and Development, Economic history, Partition (politics), Contracting out, Governor, Unitary state |
| الوصف: | In 1947 the British partitioned India and transferred power to two separate Dominions. Partition, however, did not mean the division of India between two ‘successor’ states. ‘India’ inherited British India's unitary centre, while ‘Pakistan’ consisted of areas with Muslim majorities which were merely seen as ‘contracting out’ of the ‘Union of India’. Congress's inheritance of the existing union centre gave it effective control over the joint assets of the two Dominions. The notion of a common Governor-General was, on the face of it, intended to safeguard Pakistan's share in the division of assets. The Indian Independence Bill was drafted on the implicit assumption that Mountbatten would remain as Governor-General for both Dominions until the division of the Indian army had been completed. As common Governor-General, Mountbatten could supervise the reallocation of assets and at the same time encourage co-operation between the two Dominions. But the reallocation of assets could not take place until a new centre had been created for the ‘seceding’ areas. The implication was that if a Pakistan centre was not formed, the assets would not be divided, and a Governor-General with a common touch could guide the Muslim areas back into the ‘Union of India’. Mohammad Ali Jinnah clearly recognized what might happen if there was a common Governor-General for two Dominions, one of which was to be regarded as the ‘successor’ and the other as the ‘seceder’. |
| تدمد: | 1469-8099 0026-749X |
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| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........dfd732fc850fdc833b35f9702d3e4cdc |
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