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The history of origin and growth of political parties in India can be traced from the days of freedom movement of India. The Indian National Congress and Muslim league both are important political parties. It was a sad inevitable fact and truth that partitions happened due to the split in the Indian National Congress and difference between the Hindu and Muslim. Muslim communities feel that they are neglected and poorly represented in comparison to majority. Hence it was the same feeling and ideology that led to the formation of Muslim league with the support of British government. The British had always been accepting, fanning and supporting such Muslim demands that divide the Indian people. However, the support of the British government to the political Islamists in their non secular intention as well as contemptuous attitude towards majority rule helped the league to become the sole representative body of Indian Muslims. Jinnah who played an important role during that period. Jinnah and Muslim league led the struggle for the partition of British India in to separate Hindu and Muslim states, and after the partition of Pakistan in 1947 the league became Pakistan�s dominant political party. It had a mass-based pressure group in British India, and hence it gradually declined in popularity and cohesion.