Delhi Resolution | |
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Presented | 8 April 1946 |
Ratified | April 1946 |
Location | Anglo-Arabic Hall, Delhi |
Author(s) | Muslim League sub-committee consisting of: Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan, Mirza Abol Hassan Ispahani, Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman, I.I. Chundrigar, and Abdul Matin Chaudhary;[1] Resolution moved by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy |
Signatories | All-India Muslim League |
Purpose | To abrogate the Lahore Resolution and confirm the Muslim League's intention of advocating a unitary Pakistan |
The Delhi Resolution (Urdu:دہلی قرارداد; Bengali:দিল্লির প্রস্তাব), was a Resolution of the All-India Muslim League, written by an All-India Muslim League sub-committee and moved by Prime Minister of Bengal Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, passed during the All-India Muslim League legislators convention in Delhi in April 1946. It is noted for calling for the establishment of a United Pakistan comprising Northwest India and Northeast India.