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Lahore Resolution

The Lahore Resolution of 1940 established the goal of creating a separate Muslim state in British India. The 27th annual session of the All India Muslim League was held in Lahore in March 1940. There, Muslim leaders decided to pass a resolution in favor of a separate Muslim state. A drafting committee prepared the resolution, which was then adopted by the Muslim League on March 23rd. The resolution called for separate, autonomous Muslim-majority regions within British India to be demarcated and for safeguards to be provided for religious minorities. Quaid-e-Azam argued in his presidential address that Muslims were a separate nation and the demand for Pakistan was justified given differences in language, culture, and history between Muslims and other

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Lahore Resolution

The Lahore Resolution of 1940 established the goal of creating a separate Muslim state in British India. The 27th annual session of the All India Muslim League was held in Lahore in March 1940. There, Muslim leaders decided to pass a resolution in favor of a separate Muslim state. A drafting committee prepared the resolution, which was then adopted by the Muslim League on March 23rd. The resolution called for separate, autonomous Muslim-majority regions within British India to be demarcated and for safeguards to be provided for religious minorities. Quaid-e-Azam argued in his presidential address that Muslims were a separate nation and the demand for Pakistan was justified given differences in language, culture, and history between Muslims and other

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L A HOR E R E S OL U T I ON

P R E SE N T ED B Y
HASEEB BHUKARI
BACK GROUND
AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE NEHRU REPORT 1928, QUAID E AZAM PUBLISHED HIS 14
POINT AGENDA IN 1929.
QUAID E AZAM LEFT HIS MEMBERSHIP OF CONGRESS PARTY AND REVISED THE
OBJECTIVES OF MUSLIM LEAGUE IN FAVOR OF SELF RULE IN INDIA.
FORMATION OF CONGRESS MINISTRIES FROM 1937-1939 CLARIFIED THE POLITICAL
FUTURE OF INDIAN MUSLIMS IN UNITED INDIA.
DURING SEPTEMBER 1939 WORLD WAR II HAD INITIATED AND THE POLITICAL CONDITION
IN INDIA DRAMATICALLY CHANGED.
INTRODUCTION
1. DURING THE 27TH ANNUAL SESSION OF ALL INDIA MUSLIM LEAGUE HELD IN LAHORE THE MUSLIM
LEADERS DECIDED TO PASS A RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF A SEPARATE MUSLIM STATE.
2. ON 21ST MARCH 1940 WORKING COMMITTEE OF ALL INDIA MUSLIM LEAGUE APPOINTED A DRAFTING
COMMITTEE TO PREPARE A DRAFT OF RESOLUTION.
3. ON 22ND MARCH 1940 DRAFTING COMMITTEE PREPARED A DRAFT AND SUBMITTED IT TO THE WORKING
COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION.
4. ON 23RD MARCH 1940 MAULVI FAZLUL HAQ MOVED THE RESOLUTION, IT WAS SUPPORTED BY ZAFAR ALI
KHAN, SARADAR AURENGZEB, SIR ABDULLAH HAROON, QAZI ISA, ABDUL HAMID KHAN, MAULANA ABDUL
HAMEED BAYOUNI, BEGUM M. ALI JOHAR……….ETC.
5. ON 24TH MARCH IT WAS ADOPTED BY MUSLIM LEAGUE.
IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES
GOALS

• THE MAIN GOALS OF LAHORE RESOLUTION ARE:


GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTIGUOUS UNITS BE DEMARCATED INTO REGIONS WHERE
MUSLIMS ARE IN NUMERICAL MAJORITY.

 ADEQUATE, EFFECTIVE AND MANDATORY SAFEGUARDS SHOULD BE PROVIDED


FOR MINORITIES.
QUAID'S PRESIDENTIAL
ADDRESS
MUSLIMS ARE A SEPARATE NATION
BECAUSE OF THEIR LANGUAGE, CULTURE,
HISTORY, CUSTOMS………. ETC
BRITISH INDIA IS NOT A COUNTRY BUT IS A
SUB-CONTINENT OF DIFFERENT RACIAL
AND ETHNIC GROUPS.
DEMAND FOR PAKISTAN IS NOT
UNHISTORICAL.
IMPORTANCE OF PAKISTAN RESOLUTION

• MUSLIMS OF INDIA SET THEIR NATIONAL OBJECTIVE.


• ALL IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES ATTENDED THIS SESSION.
• MUSLIMS HAD ADOPTED A CLEAR AGENDA REGARDING THEIR STRUGGLE.
• IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED

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