Liaquat Ali Khan - His Life and Work

This is the first comprehensive and critical study of the life and political career of Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan and Honorary Secretary of the All India Muslim League. This book covers the early life and political career of Liaquat Ali Khan. Additionally, his historical role in dividing the armed forces prior to Partition and heading off a coup by the Indian Army in April 1945 are some of the other aspects which have been highlighted in this book for the first time.

List of contents

• Preface to the 2003 Edition


• Preface to the Golden Jubilee Edition


• PART I: The Formative Years


• 1. Early Life and Career


• 2. The Office of the Honorary Secretary of the Muslim League


• 3. Liaquat and the Muslim League-I


• PART II: The Freedom Struggle


• 4. Liaquat and the Muslim League-II


• 5. The Desai-Liaquat Proposals


• 6. Liaquat and the Cabinet Mission


• 7. Liaquat and the Interim Government


• 8. Liaquat's Budget 1947


• 9. Liaquat and the Partition of India


• PART III: As Prime Minister


• 10. The Prime Minister


• 11. Foreign Affairs: The Soviet Bloc


• 12. The Western Bloc


• 13. Kashmir


• 14. The Domestic Scene


• 15. The Economy


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Dr Muhammad Reza Kazimi (b. Bombay, 1945) is Editor, Historicus: Quarterly Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society. He has taught Islamic History and Pakistan Studies since 1970 and continues to supervise doctoral research at the University of Karachi.

Summary

This will be essential reading for all those who are interested in the recorded history of Pakistan.

Product details

• Authors: Muhammad Reza Kazimi, Kazimi Muhammad Reza
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780199402212
• ISBN: 978-0-19-940221-2
• No. of pages: 372
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Pakistan, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, Biography: historical, political and military, HISTORY / Asia / South / General