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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Standard Name: Jinnah, Muhammad Ali
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary Setting | Hélène Cixous | Cixous had, by 2001, written five plays for Mnouchkine
's Théâtre du Soleil
, besides translating Greek tragedies for them in the early nineties. |
| Textual Features | Rosita Forbes | RF
builds her conclusion from the idea of two great influences in India that we, that is English people, are ignorant of: the influence of religion, and the influence of women. The latter is immeasurable... |
Timeline
22 March 1947
Lord Louis Mountbatten
arrived in Delhi as the last Viceroy of India, with a brief to end British rule by June 1948. He accelerated this timetable, and Independence was dated 15 August 1947.
1 April 1947
Mahatma Gandhi
suggested, remarkably for a devout Hindu
, that the first Prime Minister of an independent (and united) India should be the MuslimMuhammad Ali Jinnah
(who after Partition became first premier of Pakistan).