<Li> Politics of India </Li> <P> The All - India Muslim League (popularised as Muslim League) was a political party established during the early years of the 20th century in the British Indian Empire . Its strong advocacy for the establishment of a separate Muslim - majority nation - state, Pakistan, successfully led to the partition of British India in 1947 by the British Empire . The party arose out of a literary movement begun at The Aligarh Muslim University in which Syed Ahmad Khan was a central figure . Sir Syed had founded, in 1886, the Muhammadan Educational Conference, but a self - imposed ban prevented it from discussing politics . In December 1906 conference in Dhaka, attended by 3,000 delegates, the conference removed the ban and adopted a resolution to form an All Indian Muslim League political party . Its original political goal was to define and advance the Indian Muslim's civil rights and to provide protection to the upper and gentry class of Indian Muslims . It remained an elitist organisation until 1937, when the leadership began mobilising the Muslim masses and the League then became a popular organisation . </P> <P> Following in the 1930s, the idea of a separate nation - state and influential philosopher Sir Muhammad Iqbal's vision of uniting the four provinces in North - West British India further supported the rationale of two - nation theory . The events leading the World War II, the Congress effective protest against the United Kingdom unilaterally involving India in the war without consulting with the Indian people; the Muslim League went on to support the British war efforts . The Muslim League played a decisive role in the 1940s, becoming a driving force behind the division of India along religious lines and the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state in 1947 . </P> <P> After the partition and subsequent establishment of Pakistan, the Muslim League continued as a minor party in India where it was often part of the government . In Bangladesh, the Muslim League was revived in 1976 but it was reduced, rendering it insignificant in the political arena . In India Indian Union Muslim League and in Pakistan, the Pakisthan Muslim League became the original successors of the All - India Muslim League . Under the leadership Of Qaede millath Muhammad Ismail Sahib Muslim league is reconstituted in India. The founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah (and after Jinnah's death by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan), but suffered with ill - fate following the military intervention in 1958 . One of its faction remained to supportive of President Ayub Khan until 1962 when the all factions decided to reform into the Pakistan Muslim League led by Nurul Amin supporting Fatima Jinnah in the presidential elections in 1965 . Furthermore, it was the only party to have received votes from both East and West Pakistan during the elections held in 1970 . During the successive periods of Pakistan, the Muslim League continued to be a ruling party in the different periods of Pakistan . </P>

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