ABSTRACT
Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League campaigned hard but not very long for the establishment of Pakistan as an independent state for the Muslims of British India. The Muslim League, under the leadership of Jinnah, provided a potent political weapon for the Muslims of India. The strategy adopted by Jinnah and the Muslim League was aimed at securing a prominent place for the Indian Muslim community within the political system that was to be established after the departure of the British. The Muslim League captured only 104 of the 489 seats reserved for Muslims, most of them in the north-central provinces. The economic situation of the Bengali and Assamese Muslims was considerably weaker than that of the Muslims of other communities and was to become the main reason for their conversion to the idea of Muslim separatism. The annulment was a bitter blow to the aspirations of the Muslims of Bengal.
