13 Facts About Pakistan Movement

1.

Pakistan Movement was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India.

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2.

Pakistan Movement started originally as the Aligarh Movement, and as a result, the British Indian Muslims began to develop a secular political identity.

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3.

Pakistan Movement was a part of the Indian independence movement, but eventually it sought to establish a new nation-state that protected the political interests of the Indian Muslims.

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4.

Sindhi support for the Pakistan Movement arose from the desire of the Sindhi Muslim business class to drive out their Hindu competitors.

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5.

The Pakistan Movement was highly popular in the Muslim population of Bengal.

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6.

Ulama support for the Pakistan Movement came in the form of the New Medina construct, which was formulated by the Barelvis and a section of the Deobandi clergy.

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7.

Pakistan Movement returned to India and submitted his resignation to Liaquat Ali Khan, the then-Prime Minister of Pakistan.

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8.

Pakistan Movement mentioned incidents related to social injustice and a biased attitude towards non-Muslim minorities in his resignation letter.

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9.

Turner was one of the founding fathers of Pakistan Movement, and guided Jinnah and Ali Khan on economic affairs, taxation and to handle the administrative units.

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10.

Cause of Pakistan Movement became an inspiration in different countries of the world.

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11.

The founding story of the Pakistan Movement is not only covered in the school and universities textbooks but in innumerable monuments.

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12.

Minar-e-Pakistan Movement is a monument which has attracted ten thousand visitors.

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13.

The Minar-e-Pakistan Movement still continues to project the memory to the people to remember the birth of Pakistan Movement.

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