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So far as the creation of Pakistan was concerned the
province of Punjab was considered to be a key province not only
by the Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah but also by the
Congress, the Sikhs and the British Government in London and in
India. This most prominent province was to determine the future
of Indian Muslims and substantiate the Muslim League's claims
such as that the Muslims were a nation (not a minority in India)
and that the Muslim League was the sole representative of Muslim
opinion in India. The private papers of Lord Wavell (1943-47)
reveal the fact that the Government was anxiously waiting for
the outcome of the 1946 elections to decide the issue of
Pakistan. On the other hand, the Congress and its allies like the
Sikhs, the Unionists and all other anti-Pakistan forces had pooled
their resources and did all they could to defeat the Punjab Muslim
League at the polls; but their efforts bore no fruits. The antiPakistan activities, however, were continued with full swing
even after the Punjab League's glorious victory in the elections of
1946. The Punjab's last two anti-Pakistan Governors, Sir Bertrand
Glancy (1941-46) and Sir Evan Jenkins (1946-47) supported the
Congress Muslim president, Moulana Azad, the Sikhs and their
anti-Pakistan allies to give a new lease of life to the Unionist
leader Sir Khizer Hayat Tiwana first by reappointing him as
Premier of the Punjab and later by assisting him in his anti-League
policies. Despite the fact that PML was the single largest party
in the Punjab Assembly it was not given a share of power in the
Punjab. But the anti-democratic and anti-Pakistan policies of the
Punjab Government could do little to harm the popularity of the
Muslim League;
Q. Abid, M. Abid. (2011) THE PUNJAB MUSLIM LEAGUE (1940-1947) , Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 48, Issue 1.
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