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The Lahore Resolution
The resolution for the establishment of a separate homeland for the Muslims of British India passed in the annual session of the All India Muslim League held in Lahore on 22–24 March 1940 is a landmark document of Pakistan's history. -
The Cripps Proposals
The Cripps Mission was a failed attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. -
The Quit India Movement
The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, in protest against sending Indian troops to fight in World War II and demanding the immediate independence of India from the British. -
The Jinnah-Gandhi talks
When Mr Gandhi was released from jail, a meeting between hi and Me Jinnah was set up at the latter's residence in Bombay. Mr Jinnah said that an agreement could only be reached if Congress accepted a separate state ans nationality for the Muslims of India but Mr Gandhi was not willing to. The talks were unsuccessful. -
The Simla Conference
The Simla Conference 1945 was a meeting between the Viceroy of India Lord Wavell and the major political leaders of British India at Simla. Convened to agree on and approve the Wavell Plan for Indian self-government, and there it reached a potential agreement for the self-rule of India that provided separate representation for Muslims and reduced majority powers for both communities in their majority regions. -
World War 2 comes to an end
On this day, while the Simla Conference was in progress, the Japanese surrendered and the war ended. A lot of damage was done to the British and it clearly couldn't hold onto its colonies anymore. After the war, Clement Attlee was adamant that Indians should now be given independence. -
The Elections of 1945-46
General elections were held in British India in December 1945 to elect members of the Central Legislative Assembly and the Council of State. The Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party, winning 59 of the 102 elected seats. The Muslim League won all Muslim constituencies, but failed to win any other seats. -
The Cabinet Plan 1946
1946 Cabinet Mission to India. The Cabinet Mission came to India aimed to discuss the transfer of power from the British government to the Indian leadership, with the aim of preserving India's unity and granting it independence. -
The Direct Action Day
Direct Action Day, also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, was a day of widespread communal rioting between Muslims and Hindus in the city of Calcutta in the Bengal province of British India. The day also marked the start of what is known as The Week of the Long Knives. -
Independence and Partition
Lord Mounbatten now just wanted to partition the Sub-Continent into India and Pakistan. It was also decided that Punjab and Bengal must be divided. The British Cabinet accepted the plans, along with Congress and Muslim League -
The Independence Act
The Indian Independence Act was passed in 1947. The act created two new independent dominions; India and Pakistan. ... The Act repealed the use of 'Emperor of India' as a title for the British Crown and ended all existing treaties with the princely states. -
Independence day
Mr. Jinnah flew to Karachi to be sworn in as the first Governer-General of Pakistan and stepped onto Pakistani soil for the first time on 7 August 1947. Pakistan was formed and it was a seperate country for the Muslims. -
Indepence for India
At midnight on August 14 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, gave a famous speech which hailed the country's decades-long, non-violent campaign against British rule: At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom -
The Radcliffe Award
Radcliffe Award was the outcome of an official plan announced by Lord Mountbatten regarding the partition of India into two separate sovereign states - India and Pakistan.By far there were now three states which still didn't have a place. They were told to join either Pakistan, India or stay Independent. Kashmir has still not been decided. Junagarh was forcibly taken over by India, and just after the day of Mr. Jinnah's death, India took over Hyderabad Deccan.