M.A. Jinnah and the Formation of the Interim Government of 1946

Sub title : Negotiations, Conditions, and Final Entry into the Viceroy's Executive Council

Subject: Constitutional History | India-Politics and Government-1919-1947

Date of publication: 1946

Language: English

Page: 17 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27415

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah | Lord Wavell — Interim Government — Cabinet Mission Plan — 16th May Statement | Muslim League — Portfolio Distribution — Liaquat Ali Khan — Constituent Assembly — Bihar Riots

Abstract: This file contains the crucial correspondence between M.A. Jinnah and Viceroy Lord Wavell in 1946, leading to the Muslim League's eventual entry into the Interim Government. It begins with Wavell's request for Jinnah's cooperation during a food crisis. The core of the collection is the detailed exchange of letters from October 1946, where Jinnah lays out nine specific conditions for the League's participation. This includes demands on the number of Council members, the distribution of key portfolios, safeguards on major communal issues, and consultation on minority representatives.

Description: This collection provides a day-by-day, blow-by-blow account of the high-stakes negotiations that brought the All India Muslim League into the Interim Government in October 1946. The documents reveal Jinnah's meticulous and firm approach to securing the maximum possible political advantage and constitutional safeguards for the Muslim League before agreeing to participate. The correspondence showcases his legal acumen in dissecting the terms of the Cabinet Mission Plan and his political strategy in dealing with both the Viceroy and the Congress. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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