Why was Pakistan formed? What role did the Muslim League play in this process? What were the Ulama saying? Was the demand for Pakistan a pan-India movement, or it was an elitist imposition of a few Anglicised Muslims over the larger Muslim population of British India? I try to address this and many other issues as I chat with Venkat Dhulipala about his book "Creating a New Medina".

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