Title: Pakistan Movement Content: The Pakistan Movement (also called Tehrik-e-Pakistan, ) was a political movement which was active during the first half of the 20th century. At that time, British India belonged to Great Britain. In British India, most people were Hindu, or Muslim. The people who made the movement feared they would lose their liberty when the English left. They therefore wanted to create a separate state. This struggle was organised by the All India Muslim League party and resulted in the partition of the British Empire in India. The movement was led by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Other important leaders were Nawab Muhammad Ismail Khan, Raja Amir Ahmed Khan of Mahmudabad, Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, Fatimah Jinnah, Amjadi Bano Begum, Sir Abdullah Haroon, Khawaja Nazimuddin, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Sardar Shaukat Hayat Khan, Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman, A.K. Fazlul Huq, Aurangzeb Khan, Qazi Muhammad Isa and Abdur Rab Nishtar == History of the movement == The first person who had the idea of a separate state was not Allama Iqbal as is reckoned generally. He only forwarded the theory onwards in his speech in 1930.Shafique Ali Khan (1987), Iqbal's Concept of Separate North-west Muslim State: A Critique of His Allahabad Address of 1930, Markaz-e-Shaoor-o-Adab, Karachi, OCLC 18970794 It was a prevailing idea that has its origins in United Provinces of Indian. People like Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and others had thought about a separate state there much earlier. From 1901 onwards, many other Muslim scholars had also been proposing the idea of a separate Muslim state within the subcontinent.Choudhary Rahmat Ali later proposed the name Pakistan in his Pakistan Declaration in 1933.Choudhary Rahmat Ali, (1933), Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?, pamphlet, published 28 January People like Muhammad Ali Jinnah maintained their belief in religious unity.Ian Talbot (1999), Pakistan: a modern history, St. Martin's Press, Religious hostilities between Hindus and Muslims gave the movement a stronger backing.Reginald Coupland (1943), Indian Politics (1936–1942), Oxford university press, London In 1940 during its meeting in Lahore, the Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution (also known as Pakistan Resolution) that asked for an independent state of Pakistan. Soon after World War II, the United Kingdom became convinced that they would not be able to keep their colonies in South Asia, as the British Empire suffered very badly from the war. By 1947, British India was divided into two countries, a Muslim majority Pakistan and a Hindu majority India. Later on Bangladesh split from Pakistan in 1971. ==Timeline== *1906 Founding of the All-India Muslim League *1909 Minto – Morley Reforms *1911 Annulment of the Partition of Bengal *1914–18 World War I *1916 Lucknow Pact *1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre *1919 Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms *1919–23 Khilafat Movement *1922–29 Hindu – Muslim Riots *1927 Delhi Muslim Proposals *1928 Nehru Report *1929 Fourteen Points of Jinnah *1930 Simon Commission Report *1930 Allama Iqbal Address *1930–32 Round Table Conferences *1932 Communal Award (1932) *1933 Now or Never Pamphlet *1935 Government of India Act *1937 Elections *1937–39 Congress Rule in the Provinces *1937 The famous Jinnah-Sikandar Pact signed in October in LucknowWolpert, Stanley, 'Jinnah of Pakistan' OUP, 1993, pp. 150–151 *1938 Pirpur Report *1939–45 World War II *1940 22–23rd March, the landmark Pakistan Resolution *1942 Cripps' mission *1944 Gandhi – Jinnah Talks *1945 The Simla Conference *1946 The Cabinet Mission *1946 Direct Action Day *1946 Interim Government Installed in Office *1946 June 3 Partition Plan *1947 , midnight between 14–15 August Creation of Pakistan/Partition of India ==Related pages== *History of Pakistan