Week-04
THE PAKISTAN MOVEMENT
1941-47
Fourth week study task
Main Topic Covering Topics
◦ Lahore Resolution-1940
◦ Important Political Events-1941 to 1947
◦ Cripps mission-1942
◦ *The seven years of struggle for ◦ Jinnah Gandhi Talk-1944
Pakistan. ◦ End of War-1945
◦ *2nd World War and its effects. ◦ Election in Britain-1945
◦ Wavall’s formula and Shimla Conference-
1945
◦ Election-1945-46
◦ Cabinet mission plan-1946
◦ 3rd June plan-1947
◦ Indian Independence Act-1947
Cripps Mission-1942
◦ Sir Staford Cripps came to India with a plan which called Cripps Proposals on 29 March
1942.
◦ Cripps offered dominion stauts to India after the war with the option to leave the British
commonwealth.
◦ The Congress refused the proposals and the real reason behind its refusal was the non-
accession clause of units.
◦ The non-accession clause meant that provinces which wished to remain outside the
proposed Union of India could do so.
QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT-1942
◦ 14th July 1942 the INC passed a resolution demanding complete independence from
Britain. The drat proposed that if the British did not accede to the demands, a massive
Civil disobedience would be launched, Gandhi launched his “Quit India Movement”
on 8th Aughust 1942 with the famous call to “do or die”
◦ Quiad-e-Azam called it “the political black mailing” and started agaisnt it
◦ “First divide and than Quit India Movement”
Jinnah Gandhi Talk-1944
Gandhi wrote a letter to Mr. Jinnah on July 17, 1944 and expressed
his desire to meet him to find settelment of Hindu Muslim
differences.
Septermber 19, 1944 a talk began between Jinnah and Gandhi
and lasted 24th September.
this talk failled to find any conclusion on the question of
Nationality.
Election in Britain-1945
◦ At the end of 2nd World Lord Wavell send to India
War an election held in
Britain in1945, in which as Viceroy in 1945
labor party won the
election against the
conservative.
Wavall’s formula and Shimla Conference-1945
◦ Wavell’ Plan ◦ Shimla Conference
◦ 14th June 1945 Lord Wavell presented ◦ 25th June 1945 a conference held at Simla.
his plan ◦ The representative of INC was Maulana Abu al
Kalam Azad.
◦ 1- the Viceroy’s Exective Council would ◦ Azad tried to prove that their party represented all
be reconstructed and consist of Indian the communities and thus should be allowed to
except Viceroy and C n Cheif nominate Muslim representative as well Congress
◦ Muslim representation would be equal ◦ But Jinnah did not agree to withdrawal any muslim
seat for congress.
to Hindu
◦ EC as interim Govt. would have
complete authority till the end of war.
Election-1945-46
• Election for Central legislature held in ◦ “ The zones comprising Bengal, and
December, 1945 Asam in the North-East and Punjab,
• Election for provincial legislatures held NWFP, Sindh and Balochistan in the
in February 1946. North-West of India namely Pakistan
• In Central legislature ML won all 30 zones, where the Muslim are in
seats of Muslim dominant majority be constituted into
a sovereign independent state.
• ML won 427 out of 492 Muslim seats of
Provincial Legislatures.
• In Delhi convention meeting of ML CM
Bengal Hussain Shaheed Soharwardi
reiterated the Pakistan Demand in
clearer terms.
Cabinet mission plan-1946
The mission arrived on March 24, 1946. ◦ Proposals of Cabinet Mission
the member of mission ◦ 1- Union of India
1-Lord Pethic Lawrence (secratry of ◦ There would be three groups of
state) provinces
2-Sir Staford Cripps ◦ A) Bihar, Orissa, UP, CP, Bombay and
Madras
3-A.V . Alexander
◦ B) Assam and Bengal
◦ C) Punjab, N.W.F.P and Sindh
Events which happned rapidly
◦ Direct action Day 16th August 1946
◦ London Conference 1946
◦ Attlee’s statement 1947
◦ 5th February 1947 announced that British Govt. that the date for withdrawal from India
was fixed as 30th June 1948 and new viceroy Lord Mount Batten appointed.
3rd June plan-1947
Indian Independence Act-1947
◦ 3rd June Plan OR partitioned plan-1947 • 18 July 1947 British parliament passed a
bill of partitioned of India after
◦ British India shall be divided into two
signature of King its become the
independent dominions India and
Pakistan. • Indian Independence Act 1947.
◦ In Bengal and Punjab, The majority
Muslim districts were awarded to
Pakistan and the majority non- Muslim
to India.
◦ Provisions for self-governing
independent Pakistan and India legally
came into existence at midnight of15
August 1947 respectively.
