Two nation theory

Two nation theory means the cultural, political, religious, economic and social dissimilarities between two major communities, Hindus and Muslims. These differences of outlook in fact were greatly instrumental in giving rise to two distinct political ideologies which were responsible for the partition of India.

Muslims had realized that in after the departure of British fromSouth Asia, they were going to be ruled by the Hindu majority which would ruin this identity, their religious, cultural and moral values. Thus emerged a new concept of two separate nation on the political arena of sub continent. Allama Iqbal had already wished for a separate Islamic scale. This demand was further advanced inPakistanresolution clearly demanding a separate homeland or Muslims of South Asia. As this demand was based on two nation theory, it became the ideology of Pakistan.