Talk:Pakistan Declaration

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Pakstan vs Pakistan[edit]

So when did "Pakstan" become "Pakistan" ? The copies on the web of the declaration start with "Pakstan", in one place the "i" was inserted by hand, and in other places it is printed "Pakistan". Is this a copy of the original, or a later reprinting? Marfinan (talk) 22:00, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bengal and Seraiki[edit]

Where's Bangladesh and Seraiki belt in Pakistan's acronym? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.173.174.134 (talk) 03:43, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It is not there, and is a good question. Perhaps no one that time questioned Chaudhary Rahmat Ali about Bengal and Seraiki. --DBig Xrayᗙ 15:42, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Contradicting content[edit]

Hi User:Kautilya3 thanks a lot for helping to improve this article and accept my apologies if my last edit caused edit conflicts to you, I wasn't aware you were editing it at the same time. Please check Choudhry_Rahmat_Ali#Conception_of_'Pakistan' and then compare it with Pakistan_Declaration#Covering_letter, one of it says PAKSTAN and the other says PAKISTAN. I believe PAKSTAN was correct since the article goes on to explain "i" was added later to improve the pronunciation. IMHO both the article should say the same thing whatever it is. --DBig Xrayᗙ 05:05, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 05:21, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Covering letter[edit]

Is the address and everything in Pakistan_Declaration#Covering_letter really needed or should the section straight away should start from the letter body as a quote ? --DBig Xrayᗙ 05:05, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done. There is some important wording in the cover letter, which I retained. It is also probably replicated in the pamphlet. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 05:23, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Do you get that the only thing the authors of this page apparently understand is the word "Pakstan" (with or without i)? They have no idea what is in the pamphlet. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 05:26, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Or it might be that no one cared to look or add what the entire pamphlet said. --DBig Xrayᗙ 05:31, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"If Rahmat Ali's entire message had been heard instead of just that single word, he might not have been the obscure inventor of Pakistan, but the celebrated father of an All-India Federation, with religious autonomy for Muslims, Hindus and other faiths."^[1]--DBig Xrayᗙ 06:18, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The idea of a "Muslim State" is such an obvious recreation of the past that no explanations are necessary. Everybody understands it instantly. Jinnah himself said that the Press did his job for him by labelling the Lahore Resolution the "Pakistan Resolution". He didn't need to explain it any more. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 12:00, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Jacobs, Frank (5 March 2014). "Purist Among the Pure: the Forgotten Inventor of Pakistan". Big Think. Retrieved 28 January 2019.

Rehmat Ali name inconsistencies[edit]

Multiple spellings of Choudhry Rehmat Ali's first name are used. In his own article it is spelt "Choudhry", and in this article "Choudhry", "Choudhary", "Chaudhry" and "Chaudhary" are used. There should be some consistency in how names are spelt in articles. 39.57.158.31 (talk) 03:10, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

[FrankJacobs-1] Jacobs, Frank (5 March 2014). "Purist Among the Pure: the Forgotten Inventor of Pakistan". Big Think. Retrieved 28 January 2019.

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