Showing posts with label zamindar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zamindar. Show all posts

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Zamindari and the Muslim League

The following is included in the Jinnah Papers (edited by Z.H. Zaidi, Volume XIII, item #3) - a letter from a Sikh zamindar to M.A. Jinnah.  I suppose it is not an April's Fool joke.  This letter plays into the idea the economic interests of the Muslim landed class is what led them to support the Muslim League.