Pakistan Resolution 1940-1

The Lahore Resolution, 1940
• The experience of Congress Rule compelled the Muslims to

launch the movement for separate homeland. The Hindus
made them realize that Hindu government would mean an
anti-Muslim rule in India. The Muslims’ disappointment from
the Congress leadership decided to open a new phase of
history. Quaid-e-Azam’s article in Time and Tide concluded
that Muslims are a nation. No Constitution can be enforced
by ignoring Muslims. His comments on March 13, 1940 are
remarkable:
“If some satisfactory settlement cannot be found for

Muslims in united India, the Muslim will have to demand
for division of the country.”
• The Lahore Resolution
The Muslim League held its annual session at Lahore on 22-24 March
1940. The Lahore Resolution was moved by Maulvi Fazlul Haq and
seconded by Ch. Khaliquzzaman that finally approved on March 24,
1940. Jinnah rightly expressed his valuable remarks about the
political circumstances of India and the Muslims stand.
He said:
“Indian problem is not communal but international. No

Constitution can work without recognizing this reality. Muslims
of India will not accept a constitution that establishes a
government of the Hindu majority on them. If Hindus and Muslims
are placed under one democratic system, this would mean Hindu
Raj.”
• Text of the Resolution:
· They decided that the Federal system under Government of

India Act, 1935 was not acceptable for the Muslims.
· No revised constitutional plan would be acceptable unless it
was framed with their approval and consent.
· Adjacent units where Muslims are in a majority, as in
Northwest and East, should be constituted as Independent
States where the constituent units will be autonomous and
sovereign.
· Protection of minorities would be given priority.
• Reaction of Muslims to the Pakistan Resolution
The Muslims responded to the Resolution with amazement and hope for
better future. They gathered under the dynamic leadership of Quaid-e-
Azam who gave meaning and shape to their quest for independence. With
the passage of Pakistan Resolution the Muslims began to acquire new
hope and confidence in their destiny. The Resolution infused high spirits
among the Muslims who were now determined to fight to the last end for
the accomplishment of Pakistan. The Muslims were convinced that there
was no other solution of the Indian problems except the creation of two
separate and sovereign states of Hindustan and Pakistan. They
demanded Pakistan because they were not accepted by the Hindus to live
with them in peace in spite of their efforts and wishes. The Muslims were
tormented by the fear that being Muslims they would not be acceptable to
Hindu majority in the united India. Pakistan, therefore, was not demanded
on the basis of hatred for the Hindus but for the safeguard of the Muslim
civilization and culture.
• Hindu Reaction to the Pakistan Resolution
The Hindu reaction to the Pakistan Resolution was hostile. The

Hindu leaders condemned it and referred to the partition as
vivisection of mother India. The Hindu leaders tried to build up
agitation against the partition. Gandhi called it a moral wrong
and a sin to which he would never be a party. The Hindu Press
came out with the most aggressive propaganda against the
resolution and declared it as a conspiracy against the unity of
country.
• Significance:
The Pakistan Resolution is a landmark in the history of the Muslim India

as it eventually decided the future of the sub-continent. The attitude of
the Hindus and Congress had intensified Muslim’s apprehensions, who
feared Hindu subjugation. They were convinced that their future as a
Nation was not secure in the united India and, therefore, decided to
demand a separate homeland.
This Resolution did not specify any demarcation of the territory but it
defined the future plan of struggle for the establishment of the Muslims
states (later the word ‘states’ was replaced by ‘state’ in 1946) in the
Northwestern and Eastern areas where the Muslims were in
overwhelming majority. It also intended to give importance to the
autonomy of the states. There was no use of the
word Pakistan but Pakistan was kernel of the Resolution.

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The Lahore Resolution, 1940

• The experience of Congress Rule compelled the Muslims to

“If some satisfactory settlement cannot be found for

“Indian problem is not communal but international. No

· They decided that the Federal system under Government of

The Hindu reaction to the Pakistan Resolution was hostile. The

The Pakistan Resolution is a landmark in the history of the Muslim India

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