The Political Transformation of the Quaid.

This attitude of Gandhi and Nehru indeed forced Jinnah to break completely from the Congress and its creed, the so-called Indian "nationalism". In a speech during the 1945-46 elections, which the League ultimately won by an overwhelming majority by securing 460 out of 533 Muslim seats, Jinnah emphatically stated that 'Our demand of Pakistan is clear. This article explores the reasons behind the paradigm shift in Jinnah's thinking, from an embodied symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity to a different trajectory, mapping out his views and advocacy for a separate homeland. Jinnah was at the peak of his early political career in 1916 as Gandhi arrived in India from South Africa in 1915, and eventually entered politics "through the good offices of Gokhale". [Extracted from the article]