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The Jinnah Muslim League (JML) was a Pakistani political party founded in 1949 as a breakaway faction of the Muslim League by the first ever Chief Minister of Pakistani Punjab, Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot. The party's founder, Mamdot was a close confidant and ally of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. [1]
The All-India Muslim League (popularised as the Muslim League) was a political party established in 1906 in British India. The first session of the party was held in Karachi in 1907. Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined the league in 1913. [1] In 1927 the League was divided into two factions regarding the issue of a joint electorates.
In 1913, Mohammed Ali Jinnah joined the Muslim league. [citation needed] Intellectual support and a cadre of young activists emerged from Aligarh Muslim University. Historian Mushirul Hasan writes that in the early 20th century, this Muslim institution, designed to prepare students for service to the British Raj, exploded into political ...
Jinnah with Muslim League leaders in the corridor of the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi in 1946. The Muslim League declared that they would campaign on a single issue: Pakistan. [136] Speaking in Ahmedabad, Jinnah echoed this, "Pakistan is a matter of life or death for us."
The Muslim League was the original successor of the All-India Muslim League that led the Pakistan Movement to achieve an independent nation. Five of the country's Prime Ministers have been affiliated with this party, namely Liaquat Ali Khan , Khwaja Nazimuddin , Mohammad Ali Bogra , Chaudhry Muhammad Ali , and Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar .
When the All-India Muslim League was founded at Dacca, on 30 December 1906 at the occasion of the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference, It was participated by the Muslim leaders from Punjab, i.e., Sir Mian Muhammad Shafi, Mian Fazl-i-Hussain, Abdul Aziz, Khawaja Yusuf Shah and Sh.
In the Constituent Assembly elections of 1946, the Muslim League won 425 out of 496 seats reserved for Muslims, polling 89.2% of the total votes. [22] Congress had hitherto refused to acknowledge the Muslim League's claim of being the representative of Indian Muslims but finally recognised to the League's claim after the results of this election.
The Muslim League leaders agreed to join the Congress movement demanding Indian autonomy. Scholars cite this as an example of a consociational practice in Indian politics. Bal Gangadhar Tilak represented the Congress while framing the deal, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah (who joined the Muslim League in 1913) participated in this event. [1] [2]