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Lahore Resolution – Indian Independence Act
(1940-47)
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The Lahore / Pakistan Resolution
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The Lahore/Pakistan Resolution (1940)
2.The Cripps Mission (1942)
3. Quit India Movement (1945)
How successful were attempts to find solutions to the problems facing the
subcontinent in the years 1940 to 1947?
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Jinnah opposed a separate state for Muslims, all through 1930’s → believed in
Hindu-Muslim unity or any sort of Indian federation where Muslims had political
autonomy & protection of their political rights.
Gradual evolution of the idea of a separate, independent Muslim homeland in 1930’s
→ Iqbal’s 1930 address in Allahabad & Ch. Rehmat Ali’s scheme of ‘Pakistan’, began
to influence the Muslims as well as Jinnah.
Two Nation Theory began to become more relevant.
1937-39 INC rule unified most of the ML leaders under Jinnah to make a demand for
a separate Muslim country.
22 March 1940, ML session in Lahore, under Jinnah → all ML leaders from India
Maulvi Fazal Ul Haq forwarded the famous Lahore Resolution → unanimously