Who Founded the Muslim League?

The All India Muslim League was founded on 30 December 1906 at Dhaka (present-day Bangladesh) during an All India Muhammadan Educational Conference.

Founding Personality:

• Nawab Salimullah Khan of Dhaka primary organizer and host

• Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk presided over the founding conference

• Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk played a key organizational role

• Established to safeguard the political rights and interests of Muslims of India

• Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined in 1913, eventually becoming its most dominant leader

• The Lahore Resolution (1940) (Pakistan Resolution) formalized the demand for a separate Muslim homeland