Muslim League - The League in Pakistan

The All India Muslim League was a political party in British India and was the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state from British India on the Indian subcontinent. After the independence of India and Pakistan, the League continued as a minor party in India, especially in Kerala, where it is often in government within a coalition with others. In Pakistan, the League formed the country's first government, but disintegrated during the 1950s following an army coup. One or more of factions of the Muslim Lea ...

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In Pakistan, Jinnah became Governor-General, and another League leader, Liaquat Ali Khan became Prime Minister. But Jinnah died in September 1948 and Liaquat was assassinated in October 1951. Robbed of its two senior leaders, the League began to disintegrate. By 1953 dissensions within the League had led to the formation of several different political parties. Liaquat was succeeded by Khawaja Nazimuddin, a Bengali, who was forced from office in April 1953. Pakistan was racked by riots and famine, and at the first national elections in May 1955 (held by a sys ...

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Muslim rule was established across northern India between the 7th and the 14th centuries. The Muslim Mughal Empire ruled most of India from Delhi from the early 16th century until its power was broken by the British in the 19th century. This left a disempowered and discontented Muslim minority, afraid of being swamped by the Hindu majority over whom they had previously ruled. Muslims were about 23% of the population of British India, and were the majority of the population in Baluchistan, Bengal, Kashmir, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab an ...

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Muslim League, Muslim League - Background, Muslim League - Early years, Muslim League - The search for a solution, Muslim League - Campaign for Pakistan, Muslim League - The League in Pakistan, Muslim League - Current factions, Muslim League - Muslim League in post-Partition India

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When these demands were accepted, an All-India Mohammedan Educational Conference was held in Dhaka in December. Nawab Salimullah, chairman of the reception committee and convener of the political meeting proposed the creation of the All-India Muslim League (AIML). A 56-member provisional committee was chosen from among prominent Muslim leaders, including some who were members of the Congress. Mohsin-ul-Mulk and Viqar-ul-Mulk were jointly made the secretaries, but after the death of Mohsin-ul-Mulk in 1907, Viqar-ul-Mulk was in full control of the League with Adamjee Peerbhoy as its president. The name All-India Muslim Le ...

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Muslim League, Muslim League - Background, Muslim League - Early years, Muslim League - The search for a solution, Muslim League - Campaign for Pakistan, Muslim League - The League in Pakistan, Muslim League - Current factions, Muslim League - Muslim League in post-Partition India

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At a League conference in Lahore in 1940, Jinnah said: "Hindus and the Muslims belong to two different religions, philosophies, social customs and literature... 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... 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 ...

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Muslim League, Muslim League - Background, Muslim League - Early years, Muslim League - The search for a solution, Muslim League - Campaign for Pakistan, Muslim League - The League in Pakistan, Muslim League - Current factions, Muslim League - Muslim League in post-Partition India

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When these demands were accepted, an All-India Mohammedan Educational Conference was held in Dhaka in December. Nawab Salimullah, chairman of the reception committee and convener of the political meeting proposed the creation of the All-India Muslim League (AIML). A 56-member provisional committee was chosen from among prominent Muslim leaders, including some who were members of the Congress. Mohsin-ul-Mulk and Viqar-ul-Mulk were jointly made the secretaries, but after the death of Mohsin-ul-Mulk in 1907, Viqar-ul-Mulk was in full control of the League. The name All-India Muslim Le ...

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Muslim League, Muslim League - Background, Muslim League - Early years, Muslim League - The search for a solution, Muslim League - Campaign for Pakistan, Muslim League - The League in Pakistan, Muslim League - Current factions, Muslim League - Muslim League in post-Partition India

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Jinnah became disillusioned with politics after the failure of his attempt to form a Hindu-Muslim alliance, and he spent most of the 1920s in Britain. The leadership of the League was taken over by Sir Muhammad Iqbal, who in 1930 first put forward the demand for a separate Muslim state in India, to be known as Pakistan (the "land of the pure"). The "two-nation theory," the belief that Hindus and Muslims were two different nations who could not live in one country, gained popularity among Muslims, particularly as Hindu nationalism became more ...

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Muslim League, Muslim League - Background, Muslim League - Early years, Muslim League - The search for a solution, Muslim League - Campaign for Pakistan, Muslim League - The League in Pakistan, Muslim League - Current factions, Muslim League - Muslim League in post-Partition India

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