The failure of the Muslim league in post-colonial Pakistan: a critical appraisal
Significance: Nations states in developing societies were a legacy of colonial rule. The catastrophic world wars of the European metropolis had spillover effects in developing countries, where colonialism was replaced by communism and nationalism among post-colonial peoples. The political parties...
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| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/66674/1/The%20Failure%20of%20Muslim%20League.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/66674/ |
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| Summary: | Significance: Nations states in developing societies were a legacy of colonial rule. The catastrophic world wars
of the European metropolis had spillover effects in developing countries, where colonialism was replaced by
communism and nationalism among post-colonial peoples. The political parties who led anticolonial nationalist
movements employed demonstrations, agitation, and mobilization at broader level for their intentions, but
without the existential enemy of the colonial oppressor they were prone to division and faced numerous
incidentals, natural and hostile challenges, particularly in the case of Pakistan, whose birth was deliberately
sabotaged by British imperialism as well as Indian nationalism. Nevertheless, the Muslim League was
essentially successful in its fundamental aim of creating a Muslim state in South Asia and began to administer it
after independence. This study explores the character and role played by the post-colonial political parties,
especially the Muslim League, whose consequences left the effects on dictatorship generally and on politics
particularly that have shaped the development of South and Central Asia ever since. |
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