UNUSUAL FACTS
A joint venture of
Ahrar and Muslim league 1936
Distortion
in history is a common phenomenon sometimes done by the State, some time by the
resistance groups and some times by the ideologically inclined people or
groups. There is another type of distortion which I need to mention here. In
this case distortion suits to all conflicting groups and in this piece you will
read it yourself. Post khilafat scenario gave birth to so many groups and one
of them was Majlis e Ahrar who was born at December 1929. Recently OUP has
published a book
"Political Islam in Colonial Punjab: Majlis-i-Ahrar 1929-1949"
It is a common perception that both Ahrar and All India Muslim League were against each other yet Samina Awan with strong references(mostly party official writings) told us about an incident when both parties were in an alliance. Although it was an alliance of less than 150 days yet intelectuals and historians of both parties tried their best to ignore that incident. During first half of 1930s it was Ahrar who had emerged as a vibrant political force in the Punjab, won three provincial by elections and got two seats in central legislative council. At the eve of election 1937, Jinnah visited the Punjab. He wanted to develop an alliance with ruling Unionist Party of the Punjab on his own terms yet Mian Sir Fazle hussain rejected that offer. At this moment it was Allama Iqbal who came for rescue and At Abdul Qavi Luqman resident in Lhore Ahrar and Jinnah met in May 1936. Jinnah also attended a public meeting of ahrar where Ahrar workers gave slaami too. Four Ahrar leaders were inducted in ML's Muslim Parliamentary Board. These were Ch Afzal haq, Sheikh Hassamudin, Abdul Aziz Bogewal and Ghulam Hussain. Remember, when you hide facts from your own workers it always bounced back. CPI or CPP intellectuals after partition always tried to hide Syed sajjad Zaheer articles in favor of Pakistan movement, Allama Iqbal and Jinnah, similarly Jamat e Islami always tries to hide Matchi Got split, All India congress tried to hide 1922 and 1939 splits of Sawaraj party and Subhas Chandar Bose But no one can hide facts. It is the lesson for all. Read the article.
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