Muslim League

Essays

The Forgotten 1947 Siege of Delhi:  Scripted in Pakistan, Executed by Indian Muslims and Foiled by Sardar Patel

The Forgotten 1947 Siege of Delhi: Scripted in Pakistan, Executed by Indian Muslims and Foiled by Sardar Patel

This is the story of Pakistan's attempted capture of Delhi less than a month after India attained independence and how Sardar Patel foiled it

North Mumbai Elections of 1962: When Nawab Nehru Batted for a Communist Traitor

North Mumbai Elections of 1962: When Nawab Nehru Batted for a Communist Traitor

In the 1962 general elections for North Mumbai, Nehru inaugurated an ugly precedent of debasing public discourse only in order to get his Man Friday, V.K. Krishna Menon elected

How Indian Communists Helped the Muslim League to Carve out Pakistan

How Indian Communists Helped the Muslim League to Carve out Pakistan

This is a little-known story of how the Indian Communists actively helped the Muslim League to create Pakistan

The Golden Pagdi is Much Better for a Sepoy than a Congress Topi

The Golden Pagdi is Much Better for a Sepoy than a Congress Topi

Firsthand accounts of the situation on the ground on the eve of India's independence including the role played by Qazi Muhammad Essa.

The Demand for Installing Pakistan’s Flag on the Mysore Palace: A Slice from Recent History

The Demand for Installing Pakistan’s Flag on the Mysore Palace: A Slice from Recent History

Circa 1946. The entire undivided Bharatavarsha was rife with frenzied meetings and mobs and sporadic violence on the part of Muslims fanned by the poisonous fumes of Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan because Muslims felt threatened by Hindus. From Lahore to Lucknow, Karachi to Calcutta, it was the