Political Standpoints on India's Constitutional Future

Sub title : Gandhi's Advice to Assam & Jinnah's Statements on Muslim League's Position

Subject: Indian Independence Movement | Cabinet Mission Plan | Constituent Assembly | Grouping Scheme

Date of publication: 1946

Language: English

Page: 23 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28359

Keyword: Gandhi -- Assam -- Gopinath Bardoloi -- Grouping -- Constituent Assembly -- Cabinet Mission Plan | Satyagraha -- Federal Court -- Jinnah -- Muslim League -- Pakistan -- Interim Government -- Viceroy

Abstract: This collection of press reports from late 1946 features Gandhi advising Assam to resist compulsory grouping in the Constituent Assembly, even if it means defying the Congress. Simultaneously, it includes statements by M.A. Jinnah outlining the Muslim League's rejection of an interim government and reiterating the demand for Pakistan, emphasizing the incompatibility of Muslim and Hindu political aims within a single Indian union.

Description: This file comprises scanned newspaper clippings from December 1946, primarily from the Hindustan Times, documenting a critical juncture in India's constitutional negotiations. It captures Mahatma Gandhi's firm counsel to Assam's leaders to oppose the compulsory grouping of provinces, framing it as a moral stand for provincial autonomy. The file also contains later statements by Muhammad Ali Jinnah from 1947, detailing the Muslim League's stance against joining the Constituent Assembly or an interim government that did not accept the principle of Pakistan, highlighting the deepening political divide on the eve of Partition. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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