Correspondence and Legal Documents of M.A. Jinnah regarding Muslim League Discipline and Political Strategy

Sub title : Featuring the Fazlul Haq Dispute and the Authority of the All India Muslim League President

Subject: All India Muslim League | Indian Political History | Bengal Politics

Date of publication: 1939

Language: English

Page: 45 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27424

Keyword: M. A. Jinnah — A. K. Fazlul Haq — All India Muslim League | Muslim League Discipline —Bengal Politics — Coalition Government — Party Constitution | Legal Defense — Expulsion — Madras Resolution — Presidential Authority

Abstract: This file contains a significant collection of documents centering on M.A. Jinnah's leadership of the All India Muslim League. It begins with a crucial exchange of letters from December 1939 between Jinnah and A.K. Fazlul Haq, the Chief Minister of Bengal. Fazlul Haq proposes a new peace initiative and a conference to solve the Indian communal problem, appealing directly to the members of the League's Council. Jinnah's stern reply criticizes this move as undermining his authority and creating an impression of division within the League. The subsequent correspondence reveals the political tensions and Fazlul Haq's attempts to clarify his position.

Description: A critical collection of primary sources that illuminates a major internal crisis within the All India Muslim League during a pivotal period. The documents showcase M.A. Jinnah's firm grip on the party apparatus, his insistence on centralized discipline, and his confrontation with a powerful provincial leader, A.K. Fazlul Haq. The legal pleadings provide a rare, detailed look at the constitutional workings of the League and the legal strategies employed to defend its organizational integrity. This file is essential for understanding the challenges of maintaining a unified national party in the diverse and complex political landscape of pre-Partition India. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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