What is Pakistan Movement?
The '''Pakistan Movement''' (also called '''Tehrik-e-Pakistan''', {{lang-ur|تحریکِ پاکستان}}) was a political [[movement]] which was active during the first half of the [[20th century]]. At that time, [[British India]] belonged to the [[British Empire]]. In British India, most people were [[Hindu]], or [[Muslim]]. The people in the Pakistan Movement feared that they would lose their [[liberty]] when the British left and so wanted to create a separate state. The struggle was organised by the [[All India Muslim League]] and resulted in the [[Partition of British India]]. The movement was led by [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah|Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]. Other important leaders were Nawab [[Muhammad Ismail Khan]], Raja [[Amir Ahmed Khan]] of Mahmudabad, [[Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan]], Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, [[Fatimah Jinnah]], [[Amjadi Bano]] Begum, Sir Abdullah Haroon, [[Khawaja Nazimuddin]], [[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]], Sardar [[Shaukat Hayat Khan]], [[Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman]], [[A.K. Fazlul Huq]], [[Aurangzeb Khan]], [[Qazi Muhammad Isa]] and Abdur Rab Nishtar. Lesser known members of the Pakistan Movement were [[Hassanally Abdul Rahman]], father of Pakistani politician [[Sherry Rahman]]. == History of the movement == [[Image:All India Muslim League Working Committee Lahore 1940.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Muslim League]] Working Committee at the [[Lahore Resolution|Lahore session]]]] The first person with the idea of a separate state was not [[Allama Iqbal]], as is generally thought. He publicized the theory onlt in his speech in 1930.<ref>Shafique Ali Khan (1987), ''Iqbal's Concept of Separate North-west Muslim State: A Critique of His Allahabad Address of 1930'', Markaz-e-Shaoor-o-Adab, [[Karachi]], OCLC 18970794</ref> It was a prevailing idea that has its origins in the United Provinces of Indian. People like Sir [[Syed Ahmed Khan]] and others had thought about a separate state there much earlier. In 1901 onwards, many other Muslim scholars had also been proposing the idea of a separate Muslim state with