All-India Muslim League

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The All-India Muslim League (or AIML) was a political party in British India active between 1906 and 1947 that advocated for Muslim interests. The party emerged from the Aligarh Movement and the broader Islamic modernist and communalist traditions, which sought to preserve the distinct social and political identity of Muslims against the more secular policies of the Indian National Congress. In December 1906, following the successful Simla Deputation in October, the All-India Muslim League was founded in the 20th session of the All-India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Dacca (modern-day Dhaka). It created and spearheaded the movement for the creation of Pakistan based upon the two-nation theory of the Indian scholar Syed Ahmad Khan. The party arose out of the need for the political representation of Muslims in British India, especially during the Indian National Congress-led opposition to the 1905 partition of Bengal. During the 1906 annual meeting of the All-India Muhammadan Education...

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