Editing Indian independence movement (section)

==All India Muslim League==
The [[All-India Muslim League]] was founded by the [[All India Muhammadan Educational Conference]] at [[Dhaka|Dacca]] (now Dhaka, [[Bangladesh]]), in 1906. Being a political party to secure the interests of the Muslim in [[British Raj|British India]], the Muslim League played a decisive role behind the creation of Pakistan in the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Jalal|1994|p=4}}</ref>

In 1916, [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] joined the Indian National Congress, which was the largest Indian political organisation. Like most of the Congress at the time, Jinnah did not favour outright self-rule, considering British influences on education, law, culture, and industry as beneficial to India. Jinnah became a member of the sixty-member [[Imperial Legislative Council]]. The council had no real power or authority, and included a large number of unelected pro-Raj loyalists and Europeans. Nevertheless, Jinnah was instrumental in the passing of the ''Child Marriages Restraint Act'', the legitimisation of the Muslim [[waqf]] (religious endowments) and was appointed to the Sandhurst committee, which helped establish the [[Indian Military Academy]] at [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/politician7.htm|title=The Statesman: Jinnah's differences with the Congress|first=Government of Pakistan|last=Official website|access-date=20 April 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060127234847/http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/politician7.htm |archive-date = 27 January 2006}}</ref> During the [[First World War]], Jinnah joined other Indian moderates in supporting the British war effort.