M.A. Jinnah and the Khaksar Movement: Conflict, Mediation, and the 1943 Assassination Attempt

Sub title : Correspondence, Telegrams, and Press Statements regarding Relations with Allama Mashriqi

Subject: Khaksar Movement | Muslim League-Relations | Political Violence

Date of publication: 1938

Language: English

Page: 105 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27418

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah | Khaksar Movement — Allama Mashriqi — Assassination Attempt | Muslim League — Bulandshahr Massacre — U.P. Government | Inayatullah Khan — Rafi Ahmad Kidwai

Abstract: This file contains correspondence, telegrams, and press statements documenting the complex and often fraught relationship between M.A. Jinnah's All India Muslim League and the Khaksar movement led by Allama Mashriqi. The core of the collection deals with two main issues: Jinnah's attempts in 1938-1939 to mediate a conflict between the Khaksars and the U.P. Government, including his direct plea to Mashriqi to meet him in Delhi; and the aftermath of the 26th July 1943 assassination attempt on Jinnah, which was publicly blamed on a Khaksar.

Description: This collection provides a critical internal perspective on a significant challenge to M.A. Jinnah's authority from within the Muslim political sphere. The documents reveal Jinnah in the role of a mediator, trying to resolve a violent dispute between a paramilitary organization and a provincial government. They also capture the severe fallout from the 1943 attack on his life, which he described as a "serious and well-planned attack" by a Khaksar. Mashriqi's rebuttal offers a counter-narrative, accusing Jinnah of using the incident as a "well-planned attack" on the Khaksar organization itself. This file is essential for understanding the internal dynamics, rivalries, and pressures within Muslim politics in the crucial years leading up to Pakistan's creation. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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