Letter to Muhammad Ali Jinnah on Muslim Political Solidarity and the Congress Threat

Sub title : Published in The Daily Zamindar

Subject: Indian Politics | All-India Muslim League | Indian National Congress | Two-Nation Theory

Date of publication: 1937

Language: English

Page: 1 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27671

Keyword: Muhammad Ali Jinnah -- Indian Muslims -- Muslim League | Indian National Congress -- Two-Nation Theory | Swaraj -- Complete Independence | Jawaharlal Nehru -- Allama Iqbal -- Malik Barkat Ali -- Punjab -- Lahore | The Daily Zamindar -- 1937 -- Political Solidarity

Abstract: A 1937 letter from Zayan al Islam to M.A. Jinnah, published in The Daily Zamindar, expressing alarm at the Indian National Congress's outreach to Muslims post-elections. It argues for a revitalized Muslim League with a mass contact program and a creed of "complete independence" to safeguard Muslim political identity and counter the Congress's influence, highlighting Punjab's key role.

Description: This document is a public letter addressed to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, appearing in the Lahore-based newspaper "The Daily Zamindar" on May 6, 1937. Written in the context of the Congress's electoral success and its subsequent "Muslim Mass Contact" campaign, the author urges immediate and unified action to protect a distinct Muslim political identity. It calls for the Muslim League to be democratized, to adopt a goal of complete independence from British rule, and to actively engage the Muslim masses to become a formidable political force. The letter reflects the growing ideological confrontation that would later solidify into the demand for Pakistan. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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