case of Daniel Latiffi is an eye opener. Latifi was the leading socialist in the League at the time. In 1944, he authored and published the first complete manifesto of the All India Muslim League.
The manifesto was floated by Jinnah to attract Muslim votes in the 1945-46..
The manifesto was floated by Jinnah to attract Muslim votes in the 1945-46..
legislative assembly elections, the results of which finally turned the League into the largest Muslim party in India. The very next year it succeeded in creating Pakistan.
A committed ‘scientific socialist’, Latifi married ideas of bourgeoisie Muslim economic advancement..
A committed ‘scientific socialist’, Latifi married ideas of bourgeoisie Muslim economic advancement..
(through meritocracy) to Iqbal’s idea of ‘spiritual democracy’.
Latifi said the League would promote policies that would benefit and encourage the enterprising economic spirit of the Muslim middle class & protect masses from the oppression of the Hindu and British Colonial elite
Latifi said the League would promote policies that would benefit and encourage the enterprising economic spirit of the Muslim middle class & protect masses from the oppression of the Hindu and British Colonial elite
You know what happened to him? Nothing, he stayed in India after Partition. His descendent give gyan on love for India
"Furthermore, Latifi envisaged the League’s idea of the state as something that had a soul. According to him the state (under the League) ‘will be the alter-ego of the national being and in good time the two would merge to form an ordered and conflict-free society …
During 1945-46 election campaign,League wielded Rehmat’s pleas for Muslim unity to gain a separate homeland and Latifi’s notion of the League being ‘the manifestation' of the (Muslim) national soul.
And Latifi stayed in India after creating pakistan cc @ramana_brf @centerofright
And Latifi stayed in India after creating pakistan cc @ramana_brf @centerofright
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