Lahore resolution 1940

The Lahore (Pakistan) Resolution : 

The Lahore (Pakistan) Resolution

Aspects : 

Aspects The war of 1857 Second World war Provincial elections Dispute of Urdu language Dispute of separate electorate

Two Nation Theory : 

Two Nation Theory The Muslim League argued that the two hostile nations, one Hindu and one Muslim, existed within India and should be formally separated. This argument became known as the “Two Nation Theory”.

Provincial Elections : 

Provincial Elections In the elections of 1937, for example, having campaigned on a platform based on the “Two Nation Theory”, the All India Muslim League suffered a humiliating defeat in all the Muslim majority provinces. Only 4.6 percent of the Muslim population voted for the Muslim League, and it won a mere 3 out of 33 seats reserved for Muslims in Sindh, 2 out of 84 seats in Punjab, 39 out of 117 seats in Bengal and none in NWFP. Thus, just a decade before its birth, Muslims of India had almost unanimously rejected the very idea of Pakistan .

March 23, 1940: The Lahore Resolution : 

March 23, 1940: The Lahore Resolution "The people of Pakistan celebrate the 23rd of March, every year, with great zeal and enthusiasm, to commemorate the most outstanding achievement of the Muslims of South Asia who passed the historic Pakistan Resolution on this day at Lahore in 1940."

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Govt’s resistance in holding the meeting of Muslim League 27th meeting of Muslim league was to be held in Manto Park, Lahore Govt of the Punjab tried to postpone the said meeting GOP demanded eight thousand rupees as the rent of the Park Their efforts in this regard were unsuccessful in the end

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Arrival of the Quaid-i-Azam in Lahore Quaid-i-Azam reached Lahore on March 21, 1940 He reached Lahore by frontier mail He was given a great welcome Scene of the meeting The 27th annual meeting of Muslim league started in Lahore on March 22, 1940 with great honor Attendance wise almost 50000 people attended the meeting

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The Lahore Resolution On 23rd March, 1940, the lion of Bangal & Moulvi Abdul Qasim Fazal-ul-Haq presented the following resolution for a separate homeland: “It is unanimous opinion of the meeting of all India Muslim league that in this country no constitutional structure would be practical or acceptable to Muslims unless it is arranged on the following principles i.e. geographically joined areas are separated and in them necessary area-wise amendments are made so that north-western and north-eastern parts of India where population –wise Muslims are in majority, should after joining make such free states which are independent and powerful”

Address of Quaid : 

Address of Quaid Mussalmans (Muslims) came to India as conquerors, traders and preachers and brought with them their own culture and civilization. They reformed and remoulded the sub-continent of India . Today, the hundred million Mussalmans in (British) India represent the largest compact body of Muslim population in any single part of the world. We are civilization, language and literature, art and architecture, names and nomenclature, value and proportion, legal laws and moral code, customs and calendar, history and traditions, aptitude and ambitions, in short we have our distinctive outlook of life and on life. By all canons of international law we are a nation.”

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Lahore Resolution to the Pakistan Resolution On March 22, 1940, Begum Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar called the Lahore resolution as the Pakistan resolution in her speech On that in the meeting of All India Muslim League in Madras it was called as the Pakistan Resolution

Main points and importance of Resolution : 

Main points and importance of Resolution Rights of minorities should be protected Rejection of federal system Two independent Muslim states Ideology of 1930 Crystallize behavior of Congress

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Reaction on the Pakistan Resolution Reaction of Congress Congress leaders and Hindu newspaper reacted very harshly. Raj Gopal Acharia said: “ The step of Mr. Jinnah is like that two brothers have a fight on some cow and they cut it and divide it.” Gandhi bitterly criticised the resolution and called it a severe moral sin. Hindus were very annoyed the word of Pakistan The news paper called it as the division of mother land The word Pakistan was given prominent place to flare up the Hindus

Sovereignty First.  Then, Perhaps, Confederacy. : 

Sovereignty First.  Then, Perhaps, Confederacy. Abul Kasem Fazlul Haq Interest of Bengali Muslims Urdu speaking Lobby Power of autonomy Fazlul Haq was expelled out

Confederacy First.  Then, Perhaps, Sovereignty. : 

Confederacy First.  Then, Perhaps, Sovereignty. Existence Pakistan violates the spirit of Lahore resolution. Infliction of Pakistani army.

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Pakistan Resolution & British Press No special attention to the Pakistan resolution Daily newspaper Daily Times, Manchester Guardian & Daily Herald gave it little space while surprisingly Daily telegraph neglected it altogether