08-09-2005, 02:20 AM
Meeting in Public between Jinnah and Churchill would ave given the game away.
The Hindus and the congress party would understand that Muslim league and Jinnah became confident about their demands only after they received support from Churchill.
This would have made the task of getting Lahore and other parts of west punjab for Pakistan impossible.
Also Gandhi and other Congress leaders would have been sidelined and more hawks would be negotiating with British for freedom.
Lahore went to Pakistan only because of riots in PUNJAB and mass violence by the Muslim league who became confident because of the British support and also due to presence of Muslim officers and muslim soldiers in the Indian Army.
Between 1920 to 1946(WWI to WWII) Jinnah made sure that the parity in the Indian army for the Muslim solders was maintained as the army size was increased by the British. (INDIA AND PAKISTAN - A POLITICAL ANAYSIS - HUGH TINKER)
The Muslim league made the demand for Pakistan only when it was assured of protection by the Muslim solders of the Indian army after 1940 and also support from Churchill.
This shows that the Muslims in Pakistan were used to the protection of the Army even before Independence and hence came to depend on the Pakistan army after 1947 for stability and psychological stability.
The Hindus and the congress party would understand that Muslim league and Jinnah became confident about their demands only after they received support from Churchill.
This would have made the task of getting Lahore and other parts of west punjab for Pakistan impossible.
Also Gandhi and other Congress leaders would have been sidelined and more hawks would be negotiating with British for freedom.
Lahore went to Pakistan only because of riots in PUNJAB and mass violence by the Muslim league who became confident because of the British support and also due to presence of Muslim officers and muslim soldiers in the Indian Army.
Between 1920 to 1946(WWI to WWII) Jinnah made sure that the parity in the Indian army for the Muslim solders was maintained as the army size was increased by the British. (INDIA AND PAKISTAN - A POLITICAL ANAYSIS - HUGH TINKER)
The Muslim league made the demand for Pakistan only when it was assured of protection by the Muslim solders of the Indian army after 1940 and also support from Churchill.
This shows that the Muslims in Pakistan were used to the protection of the Army even before Independence and hence came to depend on the Pakistan army after 1947 for stability and psychological stability.