Lahore Resolution of Muslim League

  • The Lahore Resolution was passed by the Muslim League in the Lahore Session that was conducted from 22nd to 24th March 1940, by twenty-five members.
  • The Muslim League was in favour of a separate sovereign nation for Muslims.  
  • A historical resolution was passed in Minto Park, Lahore on 23rd March 1940.
  • The resolution demanded a separate nation for Muslims who were living in India. 
  • The Muslim League members initiated movements and carried out various processions for approval of their demands. 
  • The Lahore Resolution is also referred to as the Pakistan Resolution.
  • The term Pakistan was first coined by Chaudhary Rahmat Ali as an acronym for the regions of Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Indus, Sind, and Baluchistan.
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