Lahore Resolution 1940

This resolution was held from 22nd March 1940 to 24th March 1940 at Minto Park, Lahore. It is the resolution for the establishment of a separate homeland for the Muslims of British India. It is a landmark in the history of Pakistan. In the year 1940, A general named "Mohammed Ali Jinnah" of the All India Muslim League in Lahore discusses the situation that had arisen due to the outbreak of the second world war. In his speech, Mohammed Ali Jinnah criticized the congress and nationalist Muslims and expressed the two-nation theory or the reasons for the demand of separate homelands for Muslims. All of his arguments caught the imagination of the Muslim masses. This resolution is commonly known as the Pakistan resolution. This resolution was presented by "AK Fazlul Huq". This session proved to be historical.

On the first day of the session that is 22nd March 1940, Quaid-I-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah narrated the events of the last few months. In the history of Pakistan, it is a landmark document. The venue of the session was Minto Park near Badshahi Masjid and Lahore Fort. The inaugural session was planned at around three in the afternoon on March 22. The Resolution was adopted on 24 March with great enthusiasm. The 1940 resolution nowhere mentioned Pakistan and in asking for 'independent states' the spokesmen of the League were far from clear what was intended. This was a three-day annual session. The Unionist Premier, Sir Sikandar Hayat tried to convince the Punjab chapter of the Muslim League to cancel the annual session likely to be held on 23rd March 1940. He also concluded deliberation with the Governor of the Punjab and both agreed that the ban on this gathering would infuriate the Muslims because the Khaksar issue had already been projected as the British brutality.

By: Anirudha Sharma
Government Senior Secondary School, Bopara