reasons for the lahore resolution.
Initially, Muhammad Ali Jinnah was not in favor of the partition of India.
He believed Muslims would be better off in a federation with political autonomy and guarantees for their rights.
However, the biased attitude of Congress and the realization that Muslims would soon be forced to leave India convinced Jinnah of the need for a separate Muslim state.
As a result, the All-India Muslim League (AIML), under Jinnah’s leadership, passed the Lahore Resolution in 1940.
The idea of a separate Muslim homeland had been discussed by Muslim leaders like Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, and Chaudhry Rahmat Ali.
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan developed the Two-Nation Theory, which argued that Muslims and Hindus were distinct nations.
Allama Iqbal, in his Allahabad Address (1930), proposed the unification of Punjab, NWFP, Sindh, and Balochistan into a single Muslim state.
Chaudhry Rahmat Ali, in his pamphlet "Now or Never" (1933), advocated for a separate Muslim homeland called Pakistan.
By 1939, the prospects of Hindu-Muslim unity had dimmed significantly.
The gulf between the two communities was deeper than ever.
Muslims had experienced the attitude of Congress provincial governments
They suffered under Congress rule, losing confidence in the idea of a united India.