Gandhi-Mody writes that at this party, where Jinnah was the host, Gandhi took to the stage at one point and said of Jinnah, “I am so pleased to see that not only is a Muslim a part of the ...

Gandhi-Mody writes that at this party, where Jinnah was the host, Gandhi took to the stage at one point and said of Jinnah, “I am so pleased to see that not only is a Muslim a part of the ...

Jinnah said yes, but fell sick. Gandhi bided his time. Last week he walked 300 yards up the hill to Jinnah’s modern bungalow in Bombay. The two men greeted each other, then disappeared inside.

Jinnah had suggested that the country “unite and drive the British out,” and asked Gandhi to write him a letter. The Raj, Jinnah said, would not dare to stop such a message. The Raj did dare.

Gandhi was famously opposed to the partition while Mohammed Ali Jinnah was a leading proponent of it. In India, Gandhi is known as the Mahatma, or great soul, and as the father of the nation.

Jinnah sought Gandhi’s involvement but was met with disdain; he had no choice but to break ties with Congress and Indian nationalism.6 In 1916 Jinnah was a prominent leader among both Hindus and ...