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Lahore Resolution (1940)

On the Indian independence map as “Lahore — the Pakistan Resolution”

23 Mar 1940 — At Minto Park, under the Badshahi Mosque’s walls, the League resolves that Muslim-majority zones shall be “autonomous and sovereign.” The word Pakistan is not in the text; within years it is the only word that matters.

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Turning point
Chapter
Lahore Resolution and World War II (chapter 10 of Indian independence)
Atlas
Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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TURNING POINT · INDIAN INDEPENDENCE & PARTITION, 1857–1964

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