Pakistan Movement 1916 -1940

1919 – Khilafat Movement After World War I, the Ottoman Empire faced dismemberment. Under the leadership of Ali Brothers, Maulana Muhammad Ali and Maulana Shaukat Ali, the Muslims of South Asia launched historic Khilafat Movement to try and save it. Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi linked the issue of Swaraj with the Khilafat issue to associate … Read more

Pakistan Movement from 1857 to 1916

1. The War of Independence (1857) 2. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan’s Loyalty to the British (Post-1857) 3. Formation of the Aligarh Movement (Late 19th Century) 4. Indian National Congress Formation (1885) 5. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan’s Two-Nation Theory (Late 19th Century) 6. Partition of Bengal (1905) 7. Simla Deputation (1906) 8. Formation of All-India Muslim … Read more

Pakistan Movement 1857-1916

1857 – War of Independence The uprising of 1857-58 became the great divide in nineteenth century South Asian history. Understated by British historians as Indian Mutiny or Sepoy Rebellion and referred to with some exaggeration by later Indian nationalists as First War of Independence, the uprising nevertheless heralded formal end of the Mughal Empire and … Read more