In December 2006 Muslim League completed its 100 years.
The AIML (All India Muslim League) of pre-partition India was the ultimate voice for Muslims of the subcontinent. After partition the party and its active leaders tried to keep the spirit alive and the Muslim League still does, and shall, exist hopefully forever. However, the rapid manoevering of prefixed or suffixed letters to _ ML has definitely had its toll on what the ML or AIML had begun its journey for 100 years ago.
Herald Publications/Dawn published a 50 or so page special last week to commemorate. The excellent anthology is available online on Dawn website.
Here’s the link;
Superb link Haris, I am reading through the dozens of articles in that link, and I urge others to as well as it gives a nice potted history of the Pakistan movement. In particular the article entitled "Why did religious groups oppose the Pakistan demand?"
very good link and very good job by dawn.
its pitty what ML has become now! I think ML name, its history should be declared as national asset and all the historic offices it has should be converted to National Meusems.
and shameless lota leaders who do not deserve to use this name should be barred to use the name by any party of Pakistan.
SillyBilly, the opposition was not by some religious leaders only but from other groups too who later became part of the governments.
Yes, there were many groups of people who opposed the Pakistan movment - maluvi's, feudals and ethnic nationalists amongst others. But as Pakistan became a reality, some of these people - namely the feudals jumped on board and got themselves positioned in the civilian governments of the 1950's. The maulvi's (who never really repented their opposition to Pakistan) moved onto carry on their "thekadaari of Islam" within our country, but never achieved until much success amongst the people. It was the fault of governments from the early 1970's onwards to allow these people a say in the politics of the country, and we continue to suffer as a nation for that mistake.