1. Formation of Pakistan
... resigning over the British declaration of India being at war with Hitler's Germany, it appeared to Indians as a reassertion of high-handed British imperialism.(Metcalf) This is when the Muslim League enacted the 'Pakistan Resolution' and demanded independent Muslim states. The dissatisfaction of the Congress, from the initial resignation of its ministries through the subsequent abortive negotiations, to the final ... upheaval of 'Quit India,' forced the British to look elsewhere for support for the war.(Metcalf) As a result, the Muslim League held prominence as an accommodating beneficia...
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