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Chapter 2: Failure of Jinnah Gandhi Talks

In February 1938, Mahatma Gandhi and the Quaid-e-Azam began talks to find a solution to the religious tension in the country, but the talks failed in July. In December, the Muslim League set up a committee to investigate complaints of ill-treatment of Muslims in Congress.

An important stage in the movement for the establishment of Pakistan came on March 23, 1940. On the same day, the Muslim League, which represents Muslims in India against the British rule, presented a proposal in Lahore, also known as the Pakistan Resolution. It proposed the creation of a fully independent and sovereign state in Muslim-majority areas. Viceroy Linlithgow, meanwhile, announced the August offer, which included the appointment of Indian representatives to an executive council and advisory council. The Congress and the Muslim League rejected the offer and on October 17, the Congress launched a non-cooperation movement against the British rule.

To break the political and legal deadlock in India, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced in the British Parliament on 11 March 1942 that Sir Stafford Corpus, the socialist leader of England, would soon be sent to India with new proposals to solve political problems in India by Consulting leaders.

Between March 22 and 23, 1942, Sir Corps came to Delhi. He held lengthy talks with Indian leaders and on March 30, corpus proposals were published. Corps mission proposals failed to satisfy Indian nationalists. Different organizations opposed him for various reasons and rejected the corpus proposal. In 1942, the Quit India Movement was launched under the leadership of Gandhi.

Violence erupted between Hindus and Muslims across the country in 1946 after the Muslim League demanded its withdrawal from the cabinet mission and direct action. The first wave of violence erupted in Calcutta between August 16 and 18. About 4,000 people were killed, thousands injured and about 100,000 displaced in what became known as the Great Calcutta Killings. The wave of violence spread to the districts of Nawakhali and Bihar in East Bengal, killing about 7,000 Muslims.


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