Separate electorates for Muslims became the hallmark of the Morley–Minto package.

Separate electorates for Muslims were first accepted under the Indian Councils Act, 1909.

Separate electorates formally acknowledged Muslims as a distinct political community.

Separate electorates were granted exclusively to Muslims under this Act.

As the General Secretary, Liaquat Ali Khan was the organizational brain behind the Muslim League's sweeping victory in the 1946 elections, which proved the demand for Pakistan was universal among Muslims.

Maulana Azad and some other scholars issued a 'fatwa' declaring India 'Dar-ul-Harb', leading thousands of Muslims to migrate to Afghanistan, an event known as the Hijrat Movement (1920).

Sardar Shaukat Hyat was a young and energetic leader who proved that the new generation of Punjabi Muslims supported the Muslim League, unlike the older Unionists.

Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas was the main leader of the pro-Pakistan Kashmiri Muslims. He was a close ally of Jinnah and headed the Muslim Conference.

G.M. Syed, despite his later political shifts, was a key Muslim League leader in the 1940s. He moved the first resolution in any provincial assembly of India demanding a separate homeland for Muslims.

Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz was the daughter of Sir Muhammad Shafi. She was the first woman to attend the Round Table Conferences and played a major role in securing voting rights for women in the Government of India Act 1935.