Jinnah though was a brilliant lawyer; was not a good leader. The paper mainly deals with the circumstance that arose and lead to the partition and who was responsible for the partition Jinnah or Nehru. In 1944, Gandhi wrote a letter to Jinnah (Quaid-e-Azam) and requested to meet him. Introduction On 15 August 1947 the nation finally turned independent after being ruled for … 2.

Aug. 16-17, 1947: Decision for partition boundaries is released and published. Gandhi was so cunning and adroit person. We need to see the Partition in its proper context and not via hindsight and wishful thinking. The Dalai Lama recently said that had Mahatma Gandhi pushed the proposal of making Mohammad Ali Jinnah the prime minister of India at the time of Independence, the partition of India could have been avoided.
Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence is a book written by Jaswant Singh, a former Finance Minister of India and an External Affairs Minister, on Pakistan's founder Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the politics associated with the Partition of India.It is currently the latest book written by an Indian politician on the life of Jinnah. He was not connected with common people and so could not understand problems of the people. Jinnah is often cast as the victor in Partition, achieving his goal of an independent Pakistan, yet he complained bitterly before his death in 1948 that the final settlement was "moth-eaten" and incomplete. it was Jinnah who wanted a separate nation. In the days leading up to the partition of India, Mahatma Gandhi did think about it, but Jawaharlal Nehru strongly opposed it. Jinnah agreed to meet him in Bombay. Gandhi on … The reasons for it were entirely communal, but not some kind of a longing for the horrifying Islamic theocracy that is today's Pakistan. June 3, 1947: Mountbatten announces the Partition Plan and speeds up the transfer of power by ten months. Migration and violence due to partition continues until the end of 1947. 1. Aug. 14-15, 1947: Transfer of Power: India gains independence from Great Britain.