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Pakistan in 1940

Historical records for Pakistan in 1940, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

20Records
4Events
1Named people
1Places
2Categories

Historical records

March

23 March 1940Conference of LahoreMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Politics / Muslim League

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940Conference of LahoreMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Religion / Islam

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940Constitution of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Politics / Muslim League

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940Constitution of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Religion / Islam

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940Independence of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Politics / Muslim League

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940Independence of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Religion / Islam

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940Lahore ResolutionMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Politics / Muslim League

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

23 March 1940Lahore ResolutionMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Religion / Islam

The Lahore Resolution is adopted, its principles form the foundation for Pakistans first constitution

Other Events

1940Conference of LahoreMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Politics / Muslim League

A political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League during the three-day general session calls for greater Muslim autonomy in British India, largely interpreted as a demand for a separate Muslim state, Pakistan

1940Conference of LahoreMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Politics / Muslim League

At Lahore the League formally recommitts itself to creating an independent Muslim state called Pakistan, including Sindh, Punjab, the North West Frontier Province and Bengal, that would be "wholly autonomous and sovereign".

1940Conference of LahoreMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Politics / Muslim League

The "Pakistan resolution" is adopted as the main goal of the party, the resolution is rejected outright by the Congress. Pledges support for the British war effort.

1940Conference of LahoreMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Religion / Islam

A political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League during the three-day general session calls for greater Muslim autonomy in British India, largely interpreted as a demand for a separate Muslim state, Pakistan

1940Conference of LahoreMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Religion / Islam

At Lahore the League formally recommitts itself to creating an independent Muslim state called Pakistan, including Sindh, Punjab, the North West Frontier Province and Bengal, that would be "wholly autonomous and sovereign".

1940Conference of LahoreMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Religion / Islam

The "Pakistan resolution" is adopted as the main goal of the party, the resolution is rejected outright by the Congress. Pledges support for the British war effort.

1940Independence of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Politics / Muslim League

A political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League during the three-day general session calls for greater Muslim autonomy in British India, largely interpreted as a demand for a separate Muslim state, Pakistan.

1940Independence of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Politics / Muslim League

At Lahore the League formally recommitts itself to creating an independent Muslim state called Pakistan, including Sindh, Punjab, the North West Frontier Province and Bengal, that would be "wholly autonomous and sovereign".

1940Independence of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Politics / Muslim League

At the conference of Lahore Jinnah calls for a separate Pakistan & an independent India.

1940Independence of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Religion / Islam

A political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League during the three-day general session calls for greater Muslim autonomy in British India, largely interpreted as a demand for a separate Muslim state, Pakistan.

1940Independence of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Religion / Islam

At Lahore the League formally recommitts itself to creating an independent Muslim state called Pakistan, including Sindh, Punjab, the North West Frontier Province and Bengal, that would be "wholly autonomous and sovereign".

1940Independence of PakistanMohammed Ali Jinnah

Lahore · Religion / Islam

At the conference of Lahore Jinnah calls for a separate Pakistan & an independent India.

Names involved

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Places involved

Lahore

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.