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| 1876 | Birth |  |
| 25th Dec Brth of Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| 1896 | Indian National Congress | |
| Jinnah joins the Indian National Congress |
| 1906 | All India Muslim League | |
| Dhaka The All India Muslim League (AIML) is formed by Muslims who were suspicious of the mainstream, secular but Hindu-majority Indian National Congress |
| 1910 | Leigislative Council | |
| Appointed Member of the Viceroy's Legislative Council |
| 1913 | Muslim League | |
| Joins the All India Muslim League |
| 1916 | All India Home Rule League | |
| Jinnah plays an important role in the founding of the All India Home Rule League |
| 1916 | Independence | |
| Jinnah demands "home rule" for India, the status of a self-governing dominion in the Empire similar to Canada, NewZealand and Australia |
| Jinnah plays an important role in the founding of the All India Home Rule League |
| 1916 | Pact | |
| Lucknow Architect of the Lucknow Pact between the Congress and the League, bringing them together on most issues regarding self-government and presenting a united front to the British |
| 1916 | President | |
| Appointed President of the Muslim League |
| 1920 | Indian National Congress | |
| Jinnah breaks with the Congress iwhen the Congress leader, Mohandas Gandhi, launched a Non-Cooperation Movement against the British, which Jinnah disapproved of |
| Jinnah has little liking for either the Hindu asceticism of Gandhi or the secular socialism of the other major Congress leader, Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Jinnah resigns from the Congress , warning that Gandhi's method of mass struggle would lead to divisions between Hindus and Muslims and within the two communities |
| 1931 | Conference of Round Table | |
| London Beleives Gandhi is working for Hindu objectives |
| 1934 | Lahore Resolution | |
| Lahore Tempered by the failure to build coalitions with the Congress , Jinnah embraces the goal of creating a separate state for Muslims as in the Lahore Resolution |
| 1934 | Reform | |
| Heads a reformed Muslim League & favours a separate Muslim state |
| Several Muslim leaders persuade Jinnah to return to India in 1934 and re-organise the League |
| 1935 | Government | |
| The British for the first time propose handing over substantial power to elected Indian provincial legislatures, with elections to be held in 1937, Jinnah returns to India and resumed leadership of the League |
| 1935 | Independence | |
| The British for the first time propose handing over substantial power to elected Indian provincial legislatures, with elections to be held in 1937, Jinnah returns to India and resumed leadership of the League |
| 1940 | Conference of Lahore | |
| Lahore A political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League during the three-day general session calls for greater Muslim autonomy in British India, largely interpreted as a demand for a separate Muslim state, Pakistan |
| Lahore At Lahore the League formally recommitts itself to creating an independent Muslim state called Pakistan, including Sindh, Punjab, the North West Frontier Province and Bengal, that would be "wholly autonomous and sovereign" |
| Lahore Pledges support for the British war effort |
| Lahore The "Pakistan resolution" is adopted as the main goal of the party, the resolution is rejected outright by the Congress |
| 23rd Mar Lahore The Lahore Resolution is adopted, it's principles form the foundation for Pakistan's first constitution |
| 1940 | Independence | |
| Lahore A political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League during the three-day general session calls for greater Muslim autonomy in British India, largely interpreted as a demand for a separate Muslim state, Pakistan |
| Lahore At Lahore the League formally recommitts itself to creating an independent Muslim state called Pakistan, including Sindh, Punjab, the North West Frontier Province and Bengal, that would be "wholly autonomous and sovereign" |
| Lahore At the conference of Lahore Jinnah calls for a separate Pakistan & an independent India |
| 23rd Mar Lahore The Lahore Resolution is adopted, it's principles form the foundation for Pakistan's first constitution |
| 1940 | Lahore Resolution | |
| 23rd Mar Lahore The Lahore Resolution is adopted, it's principles form the foundation for Pakistan's first constitution |
| 1941 | Dawn | |
| Jinnah founds Dawn, a major newspaper that helped him propagate the League's point of views |
| 1941 | Independence | |
| During the mission of British minister Stafford Cripps , Jinnah demands parity between the number of Congress and League ministers, the League's exclusive right to appoint Muslims and a right for Muslim-majority provinces to secede |
| 1943 | Assassination | |
| Jinnah is stabbed and wounded by a member of the extremist Khaksars in an attempted assassination |
| 1946 | Demonstrations | |
| Calcutta After the riots the British authorites favour Gandhi & Nehro over Jinnah |
| Calcutta Jinnah's policy of "direct action" precipitates riots, 4,000 are killed |
| 1946 | Election | |
| During elections for the Constituent Assembly of India, the Congress wins most of the elected seats and Hindu electorate seats, while the League wins control of a large majority of Muslim electorate seats |
| the League wins 425 out of 496 seats reserved for Muslims (and about 89.2% of Muslim votes) on a policy of creating an independent state of Pakistan, and with an implied threat of secession if this was not granted |
| The League wins most Muslim seats in the elections, and Jinnah launches the Direct Action campaign of strikes and protests to achieve "Pakistan", which degenerated into communal violence across India |
| 1946 | Independence | |
| During elections for the Constituent Assembly of India, the Congress wins most of the elected seats and Hindu electorate seats, while the League wins control of a large majority of Muslim electorate seats |
| Jinnah enters the Indian government and is allowed to appoint an equal number of ministers despite being the minority party but coalition is unable to work resulting in potential chaos & civil war |
| The Congress agrees to the partition of Punjab and Bengal along religious lines in late 1946 |
| The League wins most Muslim seats in the elections, and Jinnah launches the Direct Action campaign of strikes and protests to achieve "Pakistan", which degenerated into communal violence across India |
| The new viceroy Lord Mountbatten and Indian civil servant VP Menon proposes a plan to create a Muslim dominion in West Punjab, East Bengal, Baluchistan and Sindh, Congress approves the plan |
| 16th Aug Jinnah issues a call for all Muslims to launch "Direct Action" to "achieve Pakistan", strikes and protests are planned, but violence breaks out all over India, especially in Calcutta and the district of Noakhali in Bengal |
| 1946 | Muslim League | |
| The League wins most Muslim seats in the elections, and Jinnah launches the Direct Action campaign of strikes and protests to achieve "Pakistan", which degenerated into communal violence across India |
| 1947 | Governor | |
| Appointed Governor General of Pakistan, 1st Governor General of Pakistan |
| 1947 | Independence | |
| Along with Liaquat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah represents the League in the Partition Council to appropriately divide public assets between India and Pakistan |
| Pakistan is created & granted independence |
| The North-West Frontier Province votes to join Pakistan in a referendum |
| 30th Oct Lahore Jinnah asserts in a speech that the League had accepted partition because "the consequences of any other alternative would have been too disastrous to imagine"[ |
| 1947 | Partition | |
| Along with Liaquat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah represents the League in the Partition Council to appropriately divide public assets between India and Pakistan |
| 1948 | Death | |
| 11th Sep Ziarat Death of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, 13 months after taking office |
| 11th Sep Ziarat Spends many months at his official retreat in Ziarat, but dies from a combination of tuberculosis and lung cancer |
