Lahore Resolution

Lahore Resolution

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The major turn in Pakistan Movement took place in 1940 when the Historic "Lahore Resolution" (Pakistan Resolution) was passed. It was a landmark in the "Pakistan Movement". It was a landmark in the "Pakistan Movement". The text of the Resolution is as following.

Muslims came to India as conquerors, traders and preachers brought with them their own culture and civilization. The hundred million Muslims in India represent the largest compact body of Muslims population in any single part of the world. We are a Nation with our own distinctive culture and civilization. language and literature, art and architecture. names and nomenclature. value and proportion, legal laws and moral codes. customs and calendar. History and traditions, aptitude and ambitions. in short we have our distinctive outlook of life and on life. By all canons of international law we are a nation". 

Text of the Resolution.  While approving and endorsing the action taken by the Council and the Working Committee of the All-India Muslim League. as indicated in their resolutions dated the 27th of August, 17th and 18th September and 22nd of October, 1939.-and 3rd of February. 1940 on the constitutional issue. this Session of the All-India Muslim League emphatically reiterates that the scheme of federation embodied in the Government of India Act 1935, is totally unsuited to, and workable in the peculiar conditions of this country and is altogether unacceptable to Muslim India.

In further records it emphatically reiterates that while the declaration dated the 18th of October. 1939, made by the Viceroy on behalf of His Majesty's Government is reassuring in so far as it declares that the Policy and plan on which the Government of India Act, 1935, is based will be reconsidered in consultation with the various parties. Interest and communities in India, Muslims in India will not be satisfied whole constitutional plan is reconsidered de novo and that no revise plan would be acceptable to the Muslims unless it is framed their approval and consent.

Resolved that it is the considered view of this Session of this session of the Al India Muslim League that no constitutional plan would be workable in this country or acceptable to the Muslims unless it is designed on the demarcated into regions which should be constituted, with such territorial readjustments as may be necessary that the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in a majority as m the NorthWestern and Eastern Zones of India should be grouped to constitute "Independent States" in which the constituent units should be autonomous and sovereign. The adequate, effective and mandatory safeguards should be specific any provided in the constitution for minorities in these units in the regions for the protection of their religious, cultural economic, ethical, administrative and other rights and interests in consultation with pool them and in other parts of India where the Muslims are in a majority adequate, effective and mandatory safeguards shall, be specifically provided in the constitution for them and other minorities for the protection of their religious, cultural, economic , political, administrative ^and other rights and interests in consultation with them. This Session further authorizes the Working Committee to one a scheme of constitution in accordance with these basic principles providing for the assumption finally by the respective regions of all powers such as defence, external affairs, communications, customs and such other matters as may be necessary.