The Lahore Resolution demands Pakistan
1940 · Event
At its Lahore session the Muslim League formally resolves that India's Muslim-majority zones must be 'independent states' — the two-nation theory made policy. The word Pakistan appears nowhere in the text, but 23 March becomes Pakistan's national day.
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