Story of PAKISTAN

[the_kaur]

Re: Story of PAKISTAN

@calypsodc

When we say that Pakistan was created for the muslims of the subcontinent, did it also include muslims of South India ? How was the support for formation of pakistan from muslims of the south like Hyderabad, Mysore, Kerala, Tamil Nadu ? Were there migrants from this region ? If so what % of migrant population. I know that Kerala with its huge muslim population still has a muslim League but I am not sure if it the offshoot of the pre-independent muslim League.

League was brainchild of AMU, most of the supporter were rich hindustani muslims, Punjabees and Sindhis, didn’t support league till 1937, apart from that KP was never in control of Legue, League’s bastion was Bengal, Bengalis were first people who stood by league, first to die in direct action day of august 46, also first to leave the federation of Pakistan:)

@muqawwee123

Migration was not the part of Pakistan’s demand. Pakistan was name of majority Muslim areas.

Jinnah always used Pakistan as bargaining tool for muslim rights, rights that he envisaged, but when finally pakistan came into existence, Jinnah went to Karachi leaving many Hindustani muslims disillusioned and subjected to migration into unknown territory, many of them housed themselves temporarily in the house of local congressi muslims leader and returned back to their houses once situation became normal.

@STA

yes, it was compromise. pakistan might be bigger than the one we got back in 1947.

@muqawwee123

But many people believe that accepting Pakistan in the shape ( as it was in 1947) was a compromise.

Of course, Bigger, like mulim majority areas were upto Jullundhar, but sparsely populated sikhs joined india hence amritsar and in that guise many strategically important areas fell with in Indian territory:)

@muqawwee123

The question not of big… It should have been strong geographically and theologically.

Like Israel or Japan:)

@STA

leave the question of compromise, did we handle what we got? no, we actually broke it (linguistically)

Imposition is not the right way, In India, Hindi is not national language but official languages, it is upto state government if they feel fit to teach it, which mostly do:)

@devilish_angel

Exactly as muqawee said it was partition of bengal tht lead to establishment of Muslim league.

partion of bengal was done by Lord Curzon in 1905, there were many movement against them, Young bengal movement of Drojiyo was most famous, “Amaar Shonar Bangla” became revolutionary cry then, which is now bangladesh nation anthem, finally the partition of bengal was cancelled, finally Bengals were merged together and all this happened before Mahatma came into political scene of India:)