Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Being a political party to secure the interests of the muslim diaspora in British India , the Muslim League played a decisive role during the 1940s in the Indian independence movement and developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state in the Indian subcontinent .
Simplified: The Muslim League was a political party of British India . It was created at Dacca in 1906 and helped to create Pakistan as a Muslim state in the Indian subcontinent .