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Examine the main aspects of Muslim League politics from 1937 to 1947. Was the partition of the country un-avoidable?

  • UPSC 1989
  • Politics of Separatism

The decade between the 1937 provincial elections and independence-with-partition in 1947 transformed the All-India Muslim League from a marginal landlord-dominated body into the self-proclaimed "sole spokesman" of Indian Muslims.

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  • The 1937 Elections and the Turn to Mass Politics
  • Consolidation and the Lahore Resolution, 1940
  • Wartime Gains: 1939–45
  • The 1945–46 Elections as a Plebiscite
  • Was Partition Unavoidable?
  • Conclusion

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