the first session of muslim league was held at lucknow.
the first session of muslim league was held at lucknow.
where was held the first session of muslim league?
lucknow
from the early 1930s onwards, the people of hazara gradually became active in the freedom movement for an independent pakistan under the active leadership of renowned all india muslim league leaders such as abdul majid khan tarin of talokar (1877–1939), an early member of the (then) frontier legislative assembly, and others. even before the all-india muslim league started its movement for pakistan in 1937, after the historic lucknow session of october that year, the hazara muslim league was properly formed and convened at the residence of noor-ud-din qureshi in abbottabad in 1936. in this meeting the leaders of the all-india muslim league, nawab bahadur yar jang, maulana shaukat ali, hamid badayuni and others, came from india. the local people joined the movement in large numbers. in mansehra in the same year the muslim league was organised by ali gohar khan of chitti dheri and hakim abdul karim, who were elected the first president and general secretary of the tehsil mansehra muslim league. during the final phase of the movement for the creation of pakistan, captain sardar zain muhammad khan, obi, and jalal-ud-din jalal baba defeated their congress rivals in the elections of 1946 from their respective rural and urban constituencies, and politically routed the all india congress from the region. in the delhi convention of muslim league parliamentarians chaired by quaid-e-azam muhammad ali jinnah, which finally voted for the division of india and the creation of pakistan, capt.sardar zain muhammad khan represented hazara. these muslim league leaders were also able to mobilize the people of this area in favour of the referendum for the creation of pakistan. jalal baba, who was the main force behind referendum in hazara, served as the president of district muslim league for 22 years.
hazara, pakistan
at the time of pakistani independence in 1947 the muslim league was the only major party in pakistan and claimed the allegiance of almost every muslim in the country. however, mohammad ali jinnah had other plans after his appointment as the first governor-general of the new state. his maiden speech to the constituent assembly on 11 august 1947 spelled out, as magna carta of the future agenda, each and every important feature of pakistan's polity that was based on equality of all citizens, federal parliamentary democracy and rule of law to name a few of them. he also had his own perceptions about the party he was heading. he thought that the all-india muslim league must have a constitutional and legal successor as an organisation that was to rule the new born country. to achieve the target, he convened in november 1947 a session of the aiml council and it was held in karachi on 14 and 15 december upon invitation sent by the party's convener liaquat ali khan, who had taken over as the first prime minister. the council decided to establish two organisations of the aiml. its nomenclature in india was to remain the same while it was muslim league for the new state. hussein shaheed suhrawardy, who had been the aiml-nominated prime minister of bengal in 1937 and held the same office after 1946 elections, did not agree to 'muslim league' as the name of aiml in pakistan. he pleaded the word "muslim" had lost its efficacy after independence and the organisation might be named as pakistan league. moreover, he claimed that muslim league's objective of muslim nationalism was unrealistic and instead pakistani nationalism should be focused on. suhrawardy's suggestion was not accepted, thus, he parted ways with the party to found the awami league in 1949. this was to serve the first shock to the country's political structure. the first party convention of muslim league held in karachi in february 1948, elected chaudhry khaliquzzaman as the chief organiser and elected a new pml council. khaliquzzaman appointed provincial organising committees. the first meeting of the new party council, held in karachi in april 1949, elected khaleequz zaman as the party president and also incorporated a new clause in the constitution according to which no party office-bearer could become a minister or accept any office of benefit but events that followed in the wake of differences in muslim league ministries in sindh and punjab, led to the exit of sindh chief minister khuhro and the elevation of pir ealhi bukhsh as the new chief minister. in punjab, sikandar hayat allied with mumtaz daultana to controvert chief minister nawab zulfiqar khan mamdot. these skirmishes weakened the ruling party. it was in this background that khan abdul ghaffar khan, who already had a meeting with the quaid-i-azam in peshawar on may 18
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