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Pakistan Resolution

The Pakistan Resolution was passed at the 1940 All India Muslim League session in Lahore. Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah argued that Hindus and Muslims were two distinct nations and should have separate states. On this basis, A.K. Fazl-ul-Haq introduced the resolution, which called for autonomous Muslim-majority regions in northwest and northeast India to be established as independent states. The resolution passed on March 24th, laying the foundation for the Muslim League's demand for an independent Muslim homeland, which would later be called Pakistan.

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Pakistan Resolution

The Pakistan Resolution was passed at the 1940 All India Muslim League session in Lahore. Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah argued that Hindus and Muslims were two distinct nations and should have separate states. On this basis, A.K. Fazl-ul-Haq introduced the resolution, which called for autonomous Muslim-majority regions in northwest and northeast India to be established as independent states. The resolution passed on March 24th, laying the foundation for the Muslim League's demand for an independent Muslim homeland, which would later be called Pakistan.

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Pakistan Resolution

From March 22 to March 24, 1940, the


All India Muslim League held its annual
session at Minto Park, Lahore. This
session proved to be historical.
On the first day of the session, Quaid-i-

Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah narrated

the events of the last few months. In


an extempore speech he presented his own solution of the Muslim
problem. He said that the problem of India was not of an inter-
communal nature, but manifestly an international one and must be
treated as such. To him the differences between Hindus and the
Muslims were so great and so sharp that their union under one central
government was full of serious risks. They belonged to two separate and
distinct nations and therefore the only chance open was to allow them
to have separate states.
In the words of Quaid-i-Azam: "Hindus and the Muslims belong to two
different religions, philosophies, social customs and literature. They
neither inter-marry nor inter-dine and, indeed, they belong to two
different civilizations that are based mainly on conflicting ideas and
conceptions. Their concepts on life and of life are different. It is quite
clear that Hindus and Muslims derive their inspiration from different
sources of history. They have different epics, different heroes and
different episodes. Very often the hero of one is a foe of the other, and
likewise, their victories and defeats overlap. To yoke together two such
nations under a single state, one as a numerical minority and the other
as a majority, must lead to growing discontent and final destruction of
any fabric that may be so built up for the government of such a state".

He further said, "Mussalmans are a nation according to any definition of


nation. We wish our people to develop to the fullest spiritual, cultural,
economic, social and political life in a way that we think best and in
consonance with our own ideals and according to the genius of our
people".
On the basis of the above mentioned ideas of the Quaid, A. K. Fazl-ul-
Haq, the then Chief Minister of Bengal, moved the historical resolution
which has since come to be known as Lahore Resolution or Pakistan
Resolution.
The Resolution declared: "No constitutional plan would be workable or
acceptable to the Muslims unless
geographical contiguous units are demarcated into regions which should
be so constituted with such territorial readjustments as may be
necessary. That the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in
majority as in the North-Western and Eastern zones of India should be
grouped to constitute independent states in which the constituent units
shall be autonomous and sovereign".
It further reads, "That adequate, effective and mandatory safeguards
shall be specifically provided in the constitution for minorities in the
units and in the regions for the protection of their religious, cultural,
economic, political, and administrative and other rights of the
minorities, with their consultation. Arrangements thus should be made
for the security of Muslims where they were in a minority".
Concept of United India and recommended the creation of an
independent Muslim state consisting of Punjab, N. W. F. P., Sindh and
Baluchistan in the northwest, and Bengal and Assam in the northeast.
The Resolution was seconded by Maulana Zafar Ali Khan from Punjab,
Sardar Aurangzeb from the N. W. F. P., Sir Abdullah Haroon from Sindh,
and Qazi Esa from Baluchistan, along with many others.
The Resolution was passed on March 24. It laid down only the principles,
with the details left to be worked out at a future date. It was made a
part of the All India Muslim League's constitution in 1941. It was on the
basis of this resolution that in 1946 the Muslim League decided to go for
one state for the Muslims, instead of two.
Having passed the Pakistan Resolution, the Muslims of India changed
their ultimate goal. Instead of seeking alliance with the Hindu
community, they set out on a path whose destination was a separate
homeland for the Muslims of India.

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