The Role Muslim Students in the Freedom Struggle: An Assessment

Abstract

The present piece of research devolves into the history of freedom struggle by pinpointing the role of Muslim students in search of freedom from foreign rule of British imperial masters. The Muslim struggle for freedom in the Indian subcontinent started with the avalanche of 1857 and culminated in the establishment of separate Muslim homeland in the form of Pakistan. Indeed, various motives and compulsions worked behind it. It goes without saying that growing political consciousness among the Indian Muslims and their increasing apprehension about their safer future provided raison deter for their political struggle in India. During this rigorous effort, several forces, organizations, groups or classes of the Muslims played a very significant role to liberate their homeland from British raj. The role of Muslim students in our regeneration and liberation is comparatively more conspicuous, crucial and constructive. They definitely acted as the vanguard of the Pakistan Movement particularly in the last two decades i.e. 1930s and 1940s. This research endeavour, however, highlights the pros and cons of Muslim students’ politics with reference to their efforts they made for the liberation of their homeland.