Pakistan Movement or Tehrik-e-Pakistan (Urdu: ????? ???????) was the struggle carried out by the Muslims of British India to create a separate homeland in fear of losing their identity, culture and liberty to the dominant indian culture of South Asia and the Hindu majority state. This struggle was led by the Muslim League and resulted in the partition of the British Empire in India. The movement was led by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, along with such leaders asAllama Iqbal, Liaqat Ali Khan, Fatima Jinnah, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, A.K. Fazlul Huq, and Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar among the many others.

History of the movement

Muslim League Working Committee at the Lahore session

The idea of a separate state was first introduced by Allama Iqbal in 1930^[1]. Subsequently, the name Pakistan was proposed by Choudhary Rahmat Ali in his Pakistan Declaration in 1933.^[2]. However, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and other leaders maintained their belief in religious unity.^[3] It was only after, the volatile political climate and emerging religious hostilities between Hindus and Muslims that gave the idea a stronger backing.^[4]

In 1940, at the occasion of its general session in Lahore, Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution (also known as Pakistan Resolution) that became the main objective of struggle for independence. Soon after World War II, the United Kingdom became convinced that keeping their colonies in South Asia was no longer a feasible option, as the empire itself was economically shattered by the war. By 1947, British India was divided into a Muslim majority Pakistan and a Hindu majority India.

Timeline

Statements and Sayings

Allama Iqbal

Choudhary Rahmat Ali

Quaid-e-Azam

References

Other Leaders

• Allama Mashriqi
• Chaudhry Naseer Ahmad Malhi
• Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
• Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk

See also

• A Short History of Pakistan an edited book by I H Qureshi
• History of Pakistan
• Pakistan Resolution
• National Monument, Islamabad

External links

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