07-29-2006, 07:49 AM
The Division of Pakistan though a sad chapter in the history of our nation, has actually fortified the two nation theory, remember that the Lahore Resolution demanded 'muslim states'The Bengal Chief Minister who tabled the resolution had in mind a muslim state in the East and one in the West.
Well, Jinnah agreed on the Lahore Resolution of 1940 because he saw it a bargaining chip with the Congress, lets not forget that he was the biggest advocate of Indian Unity and had Congress not been as stubborn and short sighted as they were we would have been stuck with Indians. Following 1945 things begin to clear up and by 1946 Jinnah was more than convinced that the destiny of the Muslims of South Asia rested in a seperate identity,, if that was not possible within the Indian Union he prepared to go and carve out a seperate nation ! There was no turning back there after.
Ofcourse this does not mean that he is of any lesser stature, no one in their right mind believed that Pakistan would actually become a reality, Iqbal (who did not live to witness it ofcourse) the Unionists, Congress, Jamat Ulemae Hind, the new Muslim Leaguers... Even the British !were not sure if Pakistan would ever become a reality. It did, because of people like Jinnah.
I didn't get your question about the largest country in terms of population,, which ofcourse is Indonesia followed by Pakistan.
Well, Jinnah agreed on the Lahore Resolution of 1940 because he saw it a bargaining chip with the Congress, lets not forget that he was the biggest advocate of Indian Unity and had Congress not been as stubborn and short sighted as they were we would have been stuck with Indians. Following 1945 things begin to clear up and by 1946 Jinnah was more than convinced that the destiny of the Muslims of South Asia rested in a seperate identity,, if that was not possible within the Indian Union he prepared to go and carve out a seperate nation ! There was no turning back there after.
Ofcourse this does not mean that he is of any lesser stature, no one in their right mind believed that Pakistan would actually become a reality, Iqbal (who did not live to witness it ofcourse) the Unionists, Congress, Jamat Ulemae Hind, the new Muslim Leaguers... Even the British !were not sure if Pakistan would ever become a reality. It did, because of people like Jinnah.
I didn't get your question about the largest country in terms of population,, which ofcourse is Indonesia followed by Pakistan.
