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The problem of Pakistan has given a headache to everyone, more so to me than to anybody else. I cannot help recalling with regret how much of my time it has consumed when so much of my other literary work of greater importance to me than this is held up for want of it.

I therefore hope that this second edition will also be the last, I trust that before it is exhausted either the question will be settled or withdrawn.—from the Book.

Background: The demand for a separate Muslim state emerged from the Muslim League, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who argued that Muslims needed a separate nation to protect their cultural, political, and religious rights. The Indian National Congress, led by figures like Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi, initially sought a united India but faced challenges reconciling Hindu-Muslim differences.

British Role: The British, facing post-World War II pressures and anti-colonial movements, hastened their exit from India.