THE ROLE OF PUNJAB MUSLIM STUDENTS FEDERATION IN SOUTH-EAST PUNJAB

The Punjab Muslim Students Federation was organised in 1937 and it adopted the demand for Pakistan as part of its constitution.[1] The Punjab Muslim Students' Federation also played a very vital role in creating community identity among the Muslims of this region and strengthened Muslim League demand for Pakistan in the province. The Federation strongly supported the demand for Pakistan and organised a Pakistan conference at Lahore in March 1941, at which Jinnah presided and he emphasized that the only weapon that "you have is to strengthen your own power and make your organisation so complete that you will be able to face any danger, any power from the enemy."[2]

 

Keywords: Community Identity, Muslim League, Rural Propaganda, The Tribune.

 

[1]   Mirza, Sarfaraz, Hussain, The Punjab Muslim Students Federation, 1937-47, Islamabad 1991, Historical Studies Pakistan, Series 10, p. 1iii.

[2]   The Indian Annual Register, Vol.I, Jan-June, 1942, p.326.


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