About the Author

A.G. Noorani is an Advocate, Supreme Court of India, and a leading constitutional expert and political commentator. He is a regular columnist for Frontline and the author of numerous books, including The Destruction of Hyderabad (2013), The Kashmir Dispute 1947-2012, in two volumes (2013), Islam, South Asia and the Cold War (2012), Article 370: A Constitutional History of Jammu and Kashmir (2011), Jinnah and Tilak: Comrades in the Freedom Struggle (2010), India-China Boundary Problem 1846-1947: History and Diplomacy (2010), Indian Political Trials 1775-1947 (2006), Constitutional Questions and Citizens' Rights (2006), The Muslims of India: A Documentary Record (editor, 2003), and Islam and Jihad: Prejudice versus Reality (2003).