Jinnah and Partition

The Century has given birth to a great epoch; but the great moment finds a petty generation. He wrote: "A bad gambler's throw has produced this situation.. Gandhiji expected that a compromise would follow the adoption of the Quit India resolution" - the Brits would capitulate in the face of certain defeat. The Mission as well as Jinnah had rejected this interpretation on May 25 and June 27, respectively - before Nehru's "outburst" on July 10. Gandhi's detailed analysis, dated May 20, appeared in Harijan on May 26: "The best document the British government could have produced in the circumstances." belief" that the Congress had no intention of working the Plan "fairly" and that "Mr. Jinnah's fears had some foundation".