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Communalism and Partition

The two-nation theory and the demand for Pakistan 1930-1946

Concepts to cover

  1. Iqbal's Allahabad address 1930 on a north-west Muslim state; Choudhry Rahmat Ali coins Pakistan 1933
  2. League's 1937 defeat, Jinnah's reorganisation, Pirpur report 1938 on Congress ministries, Day of Deliverance December 1939
  3. Lahore Resolution 23 March 1940 moved by Fazlul Haq: independent states in Muslim-majority zones; two-nation theory articulated by Jinnah
  4. League as sole spokesman: Cripps, Simla 1945, sweep of Muslim seats in 1945-46 elections