The All-India Muslim League (Bengali: নিখিল ভারত মুসলিম লিগ, Urdu: آل انڈیا مسلم لیگ), founded at Dhaka, Bengal, in 1906, was a political party in British India that played a role in the Indian independence movement and developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent. After the independence of India and Pakistan, the League continued as a minor party in India, especially in Kerala, whe...
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The All-India Muslim League (Bengali: নিখিল ভারত মুসলিম লিগ, Urdu: آل انڈیا مسلم لیگ), founded at Dhaka, Bengal, in 1906, was a political party in British India that played a role in the Indian independence movement and developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent. After the independence of India and Pakistan, the League continued as a minor party in India, especially in Kerala, where it is often in government within a coalition with others. In Pakistan, the League formed the country's first government, but disintegrated during the 1950s following an army coup. One or more factions of the Muslim League have been in power in most of the civilian governments of Pakistan since 1947. In Bangladesh, the party was revived in 1976 and won 14 seats in 1979 parliamentary election. Since then it eventually became a party of insignificant importance.
Muslim rule was established across northern India between the 8th and the 14th...
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