Who gave the idea of separate independent muslim state in india?
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What movement promoted the idea of a separate independent Muslim state in India? Who was one of the first people to promote the idea of a separate independent Muslim state in India?
Pakistan Movement
Lala Lajpat Rai
Partition of India
separate independent muslim state in india
All-India Muslim League Partition of India Allahabad Address East Pakistan Renaissance Society Partition of Bengal (1947) Two-nation theory (Pakistan) Pakistan Movement Opposition to the partition of India Islam in India Princely states of Pakistan
The All-<b>India Muslim</b> League was a political party established in 1906 in British 
<b>India</b>. Its strong advocacy for the establishment of a <b>separate Muslim</b>-<b>majority</b> ... a 
<b>Muslim majority</b> province within an <b>Indian</b> federation and not an <b>independent</b>&nbsp;... The <b>Muslim</b> League won the <b>majority</b> of the <b>Muslim</b> ... The British, while not 
approving of a <b>separate Muslim</b> homeland, ... to oversee British <b>India&#39;s</b> 
<b>independence</b> by June&nbsp;... The Allahabad Address (Urdu: خطبہ الہ آباد‎) is a speech by British <b>Indian</b> born 
scholar Sir ... Allama Iqbal defined the <b>Muslims</b> of <b>India</b> as a <b>nation</b> and 
suggested that ... for transfer of power without considerable autonomy or 
<b>independence</b> for <b>Muslim</b> provinces. ... But the key issue for <b>Muslims</b> remained &quot;
<b>separate</b> identity. The East Pakistan Renaissance Society was a political organisation formed to 
articulate and promote culturally and intellectually the idea for a <b>separate Muslim</b> 
<b>state</b> for <b>Indian Muslims</b> and specifically for the <b>Muslims</b> ... of British <b>India</b> to be 
constituted as <b>separate</b>, <b>independent states</b> – it did not specify a single <b>state</b>. The Partition of Bengal in 1947, part of the Partition of <b>India</b>, divided the British 
<b>Indian</b> province of Bengal based on the Radcliffe Line between <b>India</b> and 
Pakistan. Predominantly Hindu West Bengal became a <b>state</b> of <b>India</b>, and 
predominantly <b>Muslim</b> East Bengal ... East Bengal later became the <b>independent</b> 
<b>country</b> of Bangladesh after the&nbsp;... The two-<b>nation</b> theory is the basis of the creation of Pakistan. ... In Muhammad Ali 
Jinnah&#39;s All <b>India Muslim</b> League ... The Hindus and <b>Muslims</b> belong to two 
<b>different</b> religious philosophies, social customs, litterateurs. ... in charge of British 
<b>India&#39;s</b> transition to <b>independence</b>:. The Pakistan Movement or Tehrik-e-Pakistan was a political movement in the first 
half of the 20th century that aimed for and succeeded in the creation of Dominion 
of Pakistan from the <b>Muslim</b>-<b>majority</b> areas of British <b>India</b>. ... The Pakistan 
Movement was a part of the <b>Indian independence</b> movement, but eventually it 
also&nbsp;... Opposition to the partition of <b>India</b> was widespread in British <b>India</b> in the 20th 
century and it ... It was clear that if ever a <b>separate Muslim nation</b>-<b>state</b> was 
formed, it could not possibly contain all ... The partition of <b>India</b>, in which the 
Moslem <b>majority</b> provinces formed a <b>separate</b> and <b>independent state</b>, would, on 
the other hand,&nbsp;... <b>Islam</b> is the second-largest religion in <b>India</b> and <b>Islamic</b> Community of <b>India</b> is the 
official representative community of <b>India</b>, with 14.2% of the <b>country&#39;s</b> population 
or approx. 172 million people identifying as adherents of <b>Islam</b> (2011 census). It 
makes <b>India</b> the <b>country</b> with the largest <b>Muslim</b> population outside ... The 
partition of <b>India</b> was set forth in the <b>Indian Independence</b> Act 1947 and&nbsp;... The princely <b>states</b> of Pakistan were former princely <b>states</b> of the British <b>Indian</b> 
Empire which ... &quot;As you are all aware, on the lapse of Paramountcy every <b>Indian</b> 
<b>State</b> became a <b>separate independent</b> entity. ... while the others considered what 
to do, but most of those <b>states</b> with a <b>Muslim majority</b> population had acceded to&nbsp;...
Syed Ahmad Khan
All-India Muslim League