Resignation of the Congress ministries in 1939 (Blunder#3 above), thanks to Nehru&Co, was welcomed both by Jinnah and the British authorities. Jinnah couldn’t help calling it the ‘Himalayan Blunder’ of the Congress, and was determined to take full advantage of it. Jinnah and the Muslim League went to the extent of calling upon all Muslims to celebrate 22 December 1939 as the “Deliverance Day”—deliverance from the “misrule” of the Congress.
