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Comment: Islamic factor in Indo-Pak Relations.

  • UPSC 1996
  • 20 marks
  • India and South Asia

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The Islamic factor goes back to the two-nation theory, which Muhammad Ali Jinnah turned into a demand for a separate state in the Lahore Resolution of 23 March 1940. It works on India–Pakistan relations at three levels: as founding ideology, as state instrument and as diplomatic constituency. It explains less than it is often asked…

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  • As founding ideology
  • As state instrument
  • As diplomatic constituency
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