Dust jacket of Pakistan or the Partition of India, Thackers, Bombay, quoting Edward Thompson's praise of Ambedkar. The image is captioned on the scan itself as a facsimile of the jacket of the third edition (1945); the book first appeared in 1940 as Thoughts on Pakistan. — Jacket, third edition, 1945 · Photo: B. R. Ambedkar (Thacker & Co.) · Public domain (PD-India) · Wikimedia Commons

Book · 1940

Pakistan or the Partition of India

The case for and against partition, years before 1947.

Inside the volumeWritings and Speeches, Vol. 8Printed pages 1–483 · PDF pages 26–508

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Contents of Pakistan or the Partition of India

Preface to the Second EditionPDF p. 26
ProloguePDF p. 30
IntroductionPDF p. 32
CHAPTER I—What does the League Demand ?PDF p. 46
CHAPTER II—A Nation Calling for a HomePDF p. 54
CHAPTER III—Escape from DegradationPDF p. 66
CHAPTER IV—Break-up of UnityPDF p. 78
CHAPTER V—Weakening of the Defences — Part 1PDF p. 92
CHAPTER V—Weakening of the Defences — Part 2PDF p. 110
CHAPTER VI—Pakistan and Communal Peace — Part 1PDF p. 128
CHAPTER VI—Pakistan and Communal Peace — Part 2p. 116
CHAPTER VII—Hindu Alternative to Pakistan — Part 1PDF p. 154
CHAPTER VII—Hindu Alternative to Pakistan — Part 2PDF p. 176
CHAPTER VII—Hindu Alternative to Pakistan — Part 3PDF p. 198
CHAPTER VIII—Muslim Alternative to PakistanPDF p. 220
CHAPTER IX—Lessons from AbroadPDF p. 230
CHAPTER X—Social StagnationPDF p. 250
CHAPTER XI—Communal AggressionPDF p. 274
CHAPTER XII—National Frustration — Part 1PDF p. 296
CHAPTER XII—National Frustration — Part 2p. 290
CHAPTER XII—National Frustration — Part 3PDF p. 334
CHAPTER XII—National Frustration — Part 4p. 328
CHAPTER XIII—Must There be Pakistan?PDF p. 372
CHAPTER XIV—The Problems of PakistanPDF p. 394
CHAPTER XV—Who Can Decide?PDF p. 410
EpiloguePDF p. 430
Appendices — Part 1PDF p. 442
Appendices — Part 2PDF p. 464
Appendices — Part 3PDF p. 486
IndexPDF p. 506