| ID | 164045 |
| Title Proper | Searching for synergies, making majorities |
| Other Title Information | the demands for Pakistan and Maharashtra |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Godsmark, Oliver |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper re-examines the demand for Pakistan as part of a wider ‘federal moment’ in India by addressing its connections with the contemporaneous calls for Samyukta Maharashtra in the context of the Cabinet Mission of spring/summer 1946. It highlights how the twinned processes of democratisation and provincialisation during the inter-war years informed these demands. Both Muslim and Maratha representatives looked to locate and create autonomous political spaces that would better secure their political representation. Their demands exemplified a shift away from a commensurative logic expressed through separate representation in the legislatures towards support for majority rule at the provincial level. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 42, No.1; Feb 2019: p.115-133 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 2019-03 42, 1 |
| Key Words | Territory ; Democracy ; Partition ; Minority ; Community ; Pakistan ; Autonomy ; Majority ; Maharashtra ; Province |