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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2019 — General Studies · Question 49 of 200

Q49
Indian National MovementCommunal Politics & Partition
Who conceived the idea of Pakistan?
  1. a.Asaf Ali
  2. b.Mohammed Ali Jinnah
  3. c.H. S. Suhrawardy
  4. d.Choudhury Rahmat Ali

Answer: (D) Choudhury Rahmat Ali

Choudhury Rahmat Ali coined the name "Pakistan" and outlined the concept of a separate Muslim homeland in his 1933 pamphlet "Now or Never". This is distinct from Muhammad Iqbal's 1930 presidential address, in which he floated the broader idea of a separate Muslim state without naming or fully elaborating it — see the note on Q17 in this section for the important distinction between these two contributions.

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