Monday 30 April 2012

Why did the Muslim league do better in the 1945 elections than it had in 1937? [7]


In the 1945 elections, Muslim League came up with a striking victory by winning all the 30 Muslim seats in the Central Legislative Assembly and 446 out of 495 Muslim seats in provinces. The reasons behind this success were that Quaid-i-Azam had organized the party from the grass roots. Party branches increased after the 1937 elections, by mid 1938 membership numbers had increased dramatically. The chief ministers of Punjab and Bengal formally joined Muslim League. Mr. Jinnah led the election campaign himself addressing massive gatherings across the Indian provinces. League tickets were awarded to most suitable candidates and funds were disbursed wisely. ML also had gained experience in the by-elections and the party now knew how to contest elections. Image of the party was restored when leadership shifted from aristocrats and princes to true leaders of the people.

The Congress rule from 1937-39 was also a nightmare for the Muslims facing religious restrictions and threat to their culture. During this period, Hindus provoked Muslims' indignation. The 1940's Pakistan Resolution proved a uniting force for the Muslims who were now thinking differently. Muslim League was now standing parallel to Congress. The election campaign was launched with the slogan of an independent Muslim state, even the areas were identified to be merged into the future Pakistan.  

After failures of Gandhi-Jinnah talks in 1944 and the Simla Conference in 1945, the communal divide was much greater. The general election of 1946 was a litmus test to gauge the political divide in India. It was a referendum for the Muslims to be a separate nation; it had to confirm the existence of two separate nations in India. Therefore, Muslim voters were charged with emotions; men, women and students set examples of sacrifices and dedications. They played pivotal role in bringing ML with surprising victory.

31 comments:

  1. shouldn't the two elections be compared side by side?

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    1. It is not one's own choice. The question clearly demands that the two elections should be compared. This question will be answered in two paragraphs. The first paragraph will contain the reasons that why did the ML perform badly in 1937 elections and the second paragraph will contain the reasons for their good performance in the elections of 1945! :)

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    2. No, a seven mark question consists of 3 reasons and the answer should be in 3 paragraphs, each paragraph should justify and explain each reason in detail. The 2 reasons are only used when there is nothing more to add. This answer is an A star Answer!

      -Sir Adnan

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    3. Yes I too agree this answer is perfect

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  2. i think its your own choice to do that

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  3. yeah they should be compared
    this motherfucker is responsible for bad grades

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    1. hey! if u hav that much of a problem, y dont u urself post up an answer!

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  5. It's 7 marks questions in which we are supposed to identify 3 detailed reasons according to cie this answer Is not good at all

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    1. Yes ur right but sometimes acording to the question demand u can right two reasons

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  6. This was helpful, Thank youuuu

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  7. According to 7 mark question we have to write only 3 reasons but this answer is toooooo detailed

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  8. i really like the following answer and if people think that only 2 points are not enough it dosen't matters we will get same marks for both as its also detailed.

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  9. In the 1945 elections, Muslim League came up with a striking victory by winning all the 30 Muslim seats in the Central Legislative Assembly and 446 out of 495 Muslim seats in provinces. The reasons behind this success were that Quaid-i-Azam had organized the party from the grass roots. Party branches increased after the 1937 elections, by mid 1938 membership numbers had increased dramatically. The chief ministers of Punjab and Bengal formally joined Muslim League. Mr. Jinnah led the election campaign himself addressing massive gatherings across the Indian provinces. League tickets were awarded to most suitable candidates and funds were disbursed wisely. ML also had gained experience in the by-elections and the party now knew how to contest elections. Image of the party was restored when leadership shifted from aristocrats and princes to true leaders of the people.

    The Congress rule from 1937-39 was also a nightmare for the Muslims facing religious restrictions and threat to their culture. During this period, Hindus provoked Muslims' indignation. The 1940's Pakistan Resolution proved a uniting force for the Muslims who were now thinking differently. Muslim League was now standing parallel to Congress. The election campaign was launched with the slogan of an independent Muslim state, even the areas were identified to be merged into the future Pakistan.

    After failures of Gandhi-Jinnah talks in 1944 and the Simla Conference in 1945, the communal divide was much greater. The general election of 1946 was a litmus test to gauge the political divide in India. It was a referendum for the Muslims to be a separate nation; it had to confirm the existence of two separate nations in India. Therefore, Muslim voters were charged with emotions; men, women and students set examples of sacrifices and dedications. They played pivotal role in bringing ML with surprising victory.

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  10. Good one helped a lot but more details on the reason of failure of 1937 elections could be added

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  11. Muslim league had done poorly in the elections of 1937 because it was their first major elections so they were lacking political experience and couldn’t win even in Muslim majority areas they performed better in 1945 as they had more experience and had proper organization and planning and more campaigns.

    Secondly, during the first election Muslims league had an image problem, the leaders were seen as nawabs or aristocrats whereas in reality Muslims were poor and illiterate. But during 1945 the image of the party was restored when the leadership shifted from princes and aristocrats to true leader of the people. Since there was no misunderstanding on the status of the leaders, Muslim league performed well in the elections.

    Thirdly Muslims were facing religious restrictions and threats to their culture. They were dominated by the Congress and were unable to show support due to fear. But in 1945 Muslims were thinking differently, they were no longer threatened and Muslims league was now standing parallel to Congress. The election campaign was launched with the slogan of an independent Muslim state even the areas were identified to be merged into the future Pakistan.
    Is this answer fine?

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    1. Yes this answer is 💯 correct 👌🏻

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  12. This guy is wrong as we are supposed to compare the bot elections
    And we can also give 2 reasons if we use simplicit

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