Provincial elections were held in British India in the winter of 1936–37 as mandated by the Government of India Act 1935. Elections were held in all eleven gubernatorial provinces - Madras, Central Pr
Jawaharlal Nehru stamp
Jinnah 1945c
Sikander Hayat Khan
A Congress rally in 1937.
All-India Muslim League
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The All-India Muslim League was a political party in British India active between 1906 and 1947 that advocated for Muslim interests. The party emerged from the Aligarh Movement and the broader Islamic
1937 Indian provincial elections
…Orissa. The exceptions were Punjab, Sindh (where it failed to obtain majority), Assam & Bengal (where it was nevertheless the single-largest party). The All-India Muslim League failed to form the government in any province on its own. The Congress ministries resigned in October and November 1939, in protest against Viceroy…
Ahsan Manzil, birthplace of All-India Muslim League in 1906
The AIME Conference in 1906, held at the Ahsan Manzil palace of the Dhaka Nawab Family, laid the foundation of the Muslim League.
Muslim League Working Committee at the Lahore session
Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman seconded the Resolution with Jinnah and Liaquat presiding over the session.