Describe in your own words Lahore Resolution points which were presented by Maulvi Fazal Haq in 1940?
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Lahore Resolution (1940)
With the introduction of political reforms in India by the British, the Muslims realized that they would become a permanent minority in a democratic system and it would never be possible for them to protect their fundamental rights. They only constituted one-fourth of the total Indian population and were much lesser in number than the majority Hindu community. To protect their political, social, and religious rights they first demanded separate electorates. However, due to the political developments that took place in the country, they realized that even the right of separate electorates would not be enough and they had to search for some other long-term solution.
Muhammad Iqbal, the poet-philosopher in his famous Allahabad address made it clear that Islam has its own social and economic system, and to implement it a political entity was required. When Jinnah came back to India to reorganize Muslim League and to make it a political party of the Muslim masses, he got the opportunity to interact with Iqbal. Iqbal through his letters tried to persuade Jinnah that the only solution available was a separate state for the Indian Muslims where they could spend their lives according to the teachings of the Holy Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet (SAW). Though Jinnah was convinced by the late 1930s, being a realist he was not ready to announce the new plan until he was confident that the vast majority of the Muslims were behind him. The overwhelming support from the Muslim masses for his call to celebrate Day of Deliverance on December 22, 1939, was a vote of confidence given by the Muslim Community in the leadership of Jinnah, whom they by then had started considering as their Quaid