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Lahore Resolution (1940)

On the Indian independence map as “Lahore — the Pakistan Resolution”

23 Mar 1940 — At Minto Park, beneath the walls of the Badshahi Mosque, the League resolved that Muslim-majority zones should be “autonomous and sovereign.” Pakistan was absent from the text. Within years, it was the only word that mattered.

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Type
Turning point
Chapter
Lahore Resolution and World War II (chapter 10 of Indian independence)
Atlas
Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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TURNING POINT · INDIAN INDEPENDENCE & PARTITION, 1857–1964

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