Akbar, M.J. creator New Delhi Bloomsbury 2020 ix, 454p Gandhi, a devout Hindu, believed faith could nurture the civilizational harmony of India, a land where every religion had flourished. Jinnah, a political Muslim rather than a practising believer, was determined to carve up a syncretic subcontinent in the name of Islam. His confidence came from a wartime deal with Britain, embodied in the 'August Offer' of 1940. Gandhi's strength lay in an ideological commitment which was, in the end, ravaged by the communal violence that engineered partition. The price of this epic confrontation, paid by the people, has stretched into generations. Include Index Politics and Government All-India Muslim League India Pakistan Political Leaders Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, 1876-1948 India 954.910359 AKB-G 9789389449143