1 History & Culture · 1.5.6 Freedom and partition 1939–1947

1.5.6.1 Communal politics: Hindu Mahasabha, the two-nation theory and the Lahore Resolution 1940

Communal organisations grew through the 1930s, and the Muslim League's Lahore Resolution of March 1940 turned a vague demand for safeguards into a demand for separate Muslim-majority states.

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Key terms

  • Hindu Mahasabha
  • Muslim League
  • two-nation theory
  • Iqbal
  • Rahmat Ali
  • Lahore Resolution
  • Pakistan Resolution
  • Rajagopalachari Formula
  • Savarkar
  • Jinnah

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