M.A. Jinnah and the Muslim League's Strategy on War Cooperation

Sub title : Internal Dissent, Presidential Authority, and Correspondence on War Committees (1940-1941)

Subject: World War, 1939-1945-India | Muslim League-Politics and government | Jinnah, M.A.-Leadership

Date of publication: 1941

Language: English

Page: 83 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27413

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah | World War II — War Cooperation | Muslim League — Working Committee | National Defence Council — Viceroy — Nawab of Mamdot | Sir Roger Lumley — Internal Dissent | Presidential Authority — War Committees

Abstract: This file contains confidential correspondence, internal party minutes, and telegrams from 1940-1941 concerning the All India Muslim League's contentious policy of conditional non-cooperation with the British war effort. It features a frank letter from senior League members to M.A. Jinnah, criticizing the "undignified" policy of "sitting on the fence" and urging full cooperation. The collection documents Jinnah's firm response, asserting his authority by enforcing a ban on League members joining War Committees pending negotiations with the Viceroy.

Description: This collection centers on a critical internal challenge to M.A. Jinnah's leadership during World War II. It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the friction between the League's central command under Jinnah and influential regional leaders who favored immediate and unconditional support for the British war effort. The documents showcase Jinnah's strategic use of party discipline—threatening disciplinary action—to maintain a unified bargaining position with the British government. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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