KARACHI: The struggle for an independent country, consisting of Muslim majority provinces in India, commenced on 23rd March, 1940 (85 years ago) with the passage the Pakistan Resolution.
Considering Muslims as rivals, the East India Company used Hindus to get rid of Mughal Emperors. In this dismal scenario the Muslims were given a new hope and direction by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, who founded All India Muhammadan Educational Conference (AIMEC) Aligarh, in 1886.
AIMEC contributed significantly towards empowering Muslims by means of modern edification, socio-economic development and political unity. As a result British Colonialists were forced to pay heed to their voices.
Under the flag of All India Muslim League (AIML), founded on 30th Dec, 1906 at Dhaka, the Muslims got united. Quaid-e- Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah formally joined AIML in 1913.
Poet of the East Allama Iqbal, during his 1930 Allahabad address, presented the two-nations theory maintaining that Muslims were a distinct nation and deserved political independence from other regions and communities of the united India.
In 1933, during a high-level huddle in London, Ch. Rehmat Ali presented the name of Pakistan. Muslims, under the leadership of Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, gathered at Iqbal Park in Lahore on 23rd March, 1940 where they passed the Pakistan Resolution.
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah reorganised AIML and toured Muslim majority provinces repeatedly to mobilize masses for the creation of Pakistan and the rêve transformed into reality on 14th August, 1947.
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