A cikin wannan shekarar, Kungiyar Musulmi, karkashin jagorancin Jinnah, ta zartar da Lahore Resolution, tana neman wata kasa ta daban. A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, Kungiyar ta sami ƙarfi yayin da aka tsare shugabannin majalisa, kuma a zaben da aka gudanar jim kadan bayan yakin, ta lashe mafi yawan kujerun da aka tanada wa Musulmai. A ƙarshe, Majalisa da Kungiyar Musulmi ba za su iya cimma yarjejeniyar raba mulki ba don a haɗa yankin a matsayin ƙasa guda, wanda ya sa dukkan jam'iyyun suka yarda da 'yancin Indiya da yawancin Hindu, da kuma jihar Musulmi mafi rinjaye na Pakistan. Tambaya: Wanene ba zai iya cimma yarjejeniya kan raba mulki ba?
Majalisa da Kungiyar Musulmi