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The All-India Muslim League (AIML), simply called the Muslim League, was a political party established in Dhaka in 1906 when some well-known Muslim politicians met the Viceroy of India, Lord Minto, with the goal of securing Muslim interests in British India.
Muslim League, political group that led the movement calling for a separate Muslim nation to be created at the time of the partition of British India (1947). The Muslim League was founded in 1906 to safeguard the rights of Indian Muslims.
On 30 December 1906, around 3000 delegates attended a conference of the Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka in which the ban on politics was removed and a motion was moved to form the AIML. The name was proposed by Nawab Khwaja Sir Salimullah Bahadur and seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan.
The All-India Muslim League was one of the more remarkable parties of the colonial period. Indeed, in its history and achievement it compares well not only with its sparring partner, the Indian National Congress, but also with the Chinese Communist Party.
The All India Muslim League (also known as the Muslim League) was a political party founded in British India in 1906. Its strong advocacy, beginning in 1930, for the establishment of a separate Muslim-majority nation-state, Pakistan, resulted in the British Empire partitioning India in 1947.
In October 1937 at Lucknow, Jinnah initiated a new combativeness in Indian politics by declaring that there were now three political entities in India: the Congress, the British, and the League. Later, the League chalked out a Five-Year Plan for the Muslim community and organized the All-India Muslim Students Federation.
Founded in December 1906, it began as an elite party, limiting its membership to 400 for the whole subcontinent and charging very high registration and annual fees. It passed through several phases in its history, articulating Muslim demands at the all-India and provincial levels.
Formation and Founding Members: The All-India Muslim League was founded in 1906 in Dhaka by prominent Muslim leaders like Nawab Salimullah Khan, Aga Khan III, and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk. It aimed to address the political and socio-economic marginalization of Muslims.
On May 12, 1878, Syed Ameer Ali (1849-1928) founded the Central National Muhammaden Association at Calcutta and soon its branches were formed throughout India. The Association aimed at the well being of the Muslims using all legitimate and constitutional means, and their political regeneration.
The Sindh Muslim League was conceptualized by Abdullah Haroon and Bahadur Yar Jung, but initially lacked support. [1] But by 1938, it managed to secure seats in the newly established Sindh Legislative Assembly by forming alliances with powerful feudal lords and Pirs. [2] At the time of independence, it merged with the All-India Muslim League ...