Two-nation theory
Indian political ideology
Two-nation theory
The two-nation theory was an ideology of religious nationalism that advocated Muslim nationhood, with a separate homeland for Indian Muslims within a decolonised British India, which ultimately led to the partition of India in 1947. Its various descriptions of religious differences were the main factor in Muslim separatist thought in the Indian subcontinent, asserting that Indian Muslims and Indian Hindus are two separate nations, each with their own customs, traditions, art, architecture, literature, interests, and ways of life. The theory was adopted and promoted by the All-India Muslim League and Muhammad Ali Jinnah and became the basis of the Pakistan Movement. Hindu Mahasabha under the leadership of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supported the two-nation theory. According to them, Hindus and Muslim cannot live together so they favoured India to become a religious Hindu state. The two-nation theory argued for a different state for the Muslims of the...
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