Two-Nation Theory

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The Two-Nation Theory is the ideological concept that Muslims and Hindus in the Indian subcontinent constituted distinct nations with separate religious, cultural, and social identities, thereby justifying the creation of a separate Muslim state.

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Label Occurrences
Two-Nation Theory canonical 7
Two-nation theory 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nationalist theory ⓘ
partition ideology ⓘ
political ideology ⓘ
religious nationalism ⓘ
articulatedBy Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Lahore Resolution speeches ⓘ
articulatedIn Muhammad Iqbal's 1930 Allahabad Address ⓘ
linked to: Allahabad Address
associatedWith All-India Muslim League ⓘ
Allama Muhammad Iqbal ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan ⓘ
centralTo Muslim League politics in the 1940s ⓘ
contrastedWith Indian nationalism based on territorial unity ⓘ
criticizedFor ignoring linguistic and regional identities ⓘ
promoting communal division ⓘ
reducing national identity to religion ⓘ
debatedIn Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
emergedInContextOf British India ⓘ
Indian independence movement ⓘ
emergedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
emphasizes distinct cultural identities of Hindus and Muslims ⓘ
religious differences between Hindus and Muslims ⓘ
separate social systems of Hindus and Muslims ⓘ
hasCoreClaim Hindus and Muslims in the Indian subcontinent are two distinct nations ⓘ
Muslims of the Indian subcontinent constitute a separate nation from Hindus ⓘ
Muslims require a separate state to safeguard their political and cultural interests ⓘ
religious identity is the primary basis of nationhood in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
historicalRoot Aligarh Movement ⓘ
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's views on Hindu–Muslim differences ⓘ
ideologicalBasisFor creation of Pakistan in 1947 ⓘ
partition of British India in 1947 ⓘ
influenced Pakistan Movement ⓘ
demand for Pakistan ⓘ
influencedConstitutionOf Islamic Republic of Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: Pakistan
invokedIn Pakistani state ideology ⓘ
justified creation of a separate Muslim state in South Asia ⓘ
language primarily articulated in Urdu ⓘ
linkedToEvent Lahore Resolution of 1940 ⓘ
linked to: Lahore Resolution
opposedBy Indian National Congress ⓘ
Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ⓘ
region Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
reinterpretedAfter secession of East Pakistan and creation of Bangladesh in 1971 ⓘ
subjectArea South Asian history ⓘ
political science ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pakistan Movement → ideology → Two-Nation Theory ⓘ
Partition of Bengal 1947 → hasCause → Two-Nation Theory ⓘ
India–Pakistan relations → historicalBasis → Two-nation theory ⓘ
linked to: Two-Nation Theory
India Divided → mainSubject → Two-Nation Theory ⓘ
India Divided → criticizes → Two-Nation Theory ⓘ
Allahabad Address → associatedWith → Two-Nation Theory ⓘ
Muslims of British India → associatedWithConcept → Two-nation theory ⓘ
linked to: Two-Nation Theory
All-India Azad Muslim Conference → opposed → Two-Nation Theory ⓘ
The Ideology of Pakistan → mainSubject → Two-Nation Theory ⓘ