Correspondence of M.A. Jinnah, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Rajendra Prasad with S.A. Latif

Sub title : On the Muslim Problem and the Constitutional Future of India

Subject: Constitutional History of India | Muslim League | Partition of India

Date of publication: 1940

Language: English

Page: 26 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27419

Keyword: M. A. Jinnah — Jawaharlal Nehru — Rajendra Prasad — Syed Abdul Latif | All-India Muslim League — Indian National Congress — Indian Constitution — Pakistan — Cultural States — Federation | Hindu-Muslim Unity — British India — Indian States — 1939 — 1940

Abstract: This collection of confidential letters from 1939-1940 documents the political dialogue between Dr. Syed Abdul Latif and the major national leaders of the time: M.A. Jinnah of the Muslim League, and Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad of the Indian National Congress. The central theme is Dr. Latif's proposal for a constitutional future based on the creation of culturally homogeneous "states" or "zones" for Hindus and Muslims to resolve the political impasse.

Description: A series of original typed and handwritten letters providing a firsthand account of the critical negotiations and differing perspectives on India's future constitution in the crucial years leading up to the demand for Pakistan. The file includes Dr. Latif's covering letters to M.A. Jinnah, his covering letters and substantive replies to Nehru and Prasad, and their original responses. It offers significant insight into the ideological chasm between the Congress and the Muslim League, the role of individual thinkers like Latif, and the historical context of the partition debate. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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