Lahore Resolution

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The Lahore Resolution was a pivotal 1940 political statement by the All-India Muslim League that called for independent Muslim-majority states in British India, laying the ideological foundation for the creation of Pakistan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document
political resolution
political statement
adoptedAt Lahore
adoptedBy All India Muslim League
surface form: All-India Muslim League
adoptedIn British India
Punjab, Pakistan
surface form: Punjab
alsoKnownAs Lahore Resolution
surface form: Pakistan Resolution
associatedWith Pakistan Movement
surface form: Two-Nation Theory
calledFor autonomous and sovereign units
grouping of geographically contiguous Muslim-majority areas
independent Muslim-majority states in northwestern and eastern zones of British India
commemoratedAs Pakistan Day
commemoratedOn 23 March
context British colonial rule in India
countryCommemorating Pakistan
currentNameOfVenue Greater Iqbal Park
dateAdopted 24 March 1940
debatedIn Constituent Assembly discussions and later historiography
didNotExplicitlyUseTerm Pakistan
endDate 24 March 1940
ideologicalFoundationFor creation of Pakistan
influenced Pakistan Movement
inspired subsequent Muslim League demands for partition
keyFigureAssociated A. K. Fazlul Huq
Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
Liaquat Ali Khan
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
language English
laterInterpretedAs demand for a single state of Pakistan
meetingVenue Minto Park, Lahore
movedBy A. K. Fazlul Huq
opposedBy Indian National Congress
surface form: Indian National Congress leaders

many Hindu political organizations
politicalGoal creation of independent Muslim-majority states
protection of Muslim political rights in British India
politicalPartyInvolved All India Muslim League
surface form: All-India Muslim League
presentedAt annual session of the All-India Muslim League
presentedBy A. K. Fazlul Huq
regionAddressed eastern Muslim-majority areas of British India
northwestern Muslim-majority areas of British India
rejected concept of a single all-India federation as proposed in earlier constitutional schemes
secondedBy Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
significance formal articulation of demand for separate Muslim homelands
pivotal milestone in the Pakistan Movement
startDate 22 March 1940
supportedBy Muhammad Ali Jinnah
year 1940

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Pakistan Day commemorates Lahore Resolution
Pakistan Day commemorates Lahore Resolution
this entity surface form: Pakistan Resolution
Pakistan Day associatedWithDocument Lahore Resolution
this entity surface form: Lahore Resolution of 1940
All India Muslim League supportedPolicy Lahore Resolution
this entity surface form: Two-Nation Theory
All India Muslim League adoptedResolution Lahore Resolution
Lahore Resolution alsoKnownAs Lahore Resolution
this entity surface form: Pakistan Resolution
Lahore event Lahore Resolution
this entity surface form: Lahore Resolution 1940
Pakistan Movement significantEvent Lahore Resolution
Pakistan Movement keyDocument Lahore Resolution
A. K. Fazlul Huq coAuthorOf Lahore Resolution
A. K. Fazlul Huq presented Lahore Resolution
Minto Park, Lahore eventLocation Lahore Resolution
Minto Park, Lahore eventLocation Lahore Resolution
this entity surface form: All-India Muslim League session of 1940
Minto Park, Lahore associatedWith Lahore Resolution
Minar-e-Pakistan commemorates Lahore Resolution
Youm-e-Azadi relatedTo Lahore Resolution
this entity surface form: Pakistan Resolution
Youm-e-Azadi relatedTo Lahore Resolution
Lahore, Punjab, British India eventLocation Lahore Resolution
this entity surface form: Lahore Resolution of 1940