Useful Resources for Finding Perspectives on the Partition of India

Perspectives from the 1940s:

Mahatma Ghandi, hero of the Indian nation

Letter to M.A. Jinnah, leader of the Muslim League:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IX79dBlF_aBdCqZOSsVrxGRlDeXjLCKZDUrN8D-xqno/edit?usp=sharing

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, leader of the Muslim League and first Governor General of Pakistan

Profile of Jinnah:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/jinnah_mohammad_ali.shtml

Speech to Assembly of Muslim League, Lahore 1940. Quite long: skim read and focus on paragraphs 23 onwards in particular.

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/txt_jinnah_lahore_1940.html

A much shorter speech that explains Jinnah's support for partition (1946):

Jinnah's speech in reaction to Partition (1947):

http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indianindependence/indiapakistan/partition8/index.html

Jawaharlal Nehru, Leader of Indian National Congress and First Prime Minister of India

Reaction to British Partition Plan - note to British Governor Mountbatten (1947)

http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indianindependence/indiapakistan/partition5/index.html

'Tryst With Destiny' Speech on the evening prior to Partition coming into effect (June 3, 1947):

http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indianindependence/indiapakistan/partition7/

Commentary on the above speech:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/may/01/jawaharlal-nehru-tryst-with-dignity-speech-introduction

Modern Perspectives: