(Originally blogged about here.)
In an interview of Jinnah by Norman Cliff, published in the News Chronicle(London) of March 30, 1946, Jinnah declared "I don't regard myself as an Indian". This was just after the Cabinet Mission arrived in India, and just before they arrived at Delhi to start conferring with Indian leaders. This interview was mentioned in the Times of India a couple of days later, and so was known in India.
With respect to Ayesha Jalal's thesis that Jinnah never intended the existence of an independent Pakistan, I suppose Jinnah's regarding himself not as an Indian was also merely a negotiating ploy.
In an interview of Jinnah by Norman Cliff, published in the News Chronicle(London) of March 30, 1946, Jinnah declared "I don't regard myself as an Indian". This was just after the Cabinet Mission arrived in India, and just before they arrived at Delhi to start conferring with Indian leaders. This interview was mentioned in the Times of India a couple of days later, and so was known in India.
With respect to Ayesha Jalal's thesis that Jinnah never intended the existence of an independent Pakistan, I suppose Jinnah's regarding himself not as an Indian was also merely a negotiating ploy.
