▁lifetime , ▁prevent ing ▁both ▁J inn ah ▁and ▁Sir ▁Muhammad ▁I q bal ▁from ▁gain ing ▁the ▁support ▁of ▁a ▁majority ▁of ▁P un j abi ▁Muslim s . ▁ ▁Dec line ▁After ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Khan ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁the ▁party ▁gradually ▁col lapsed . ▁J inn ah ▁and ▁his ▁pro - separ at ist ▁Muslim ▁League ▁demanded ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁leader , ▁Kh izar ▁Hay at ▁Khan ▁T iw ana , ▁that ▁the ▁word ▁" Mus lim " ▁be ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁party ▁name . ▁T iw ana , ▁however , ▁refused ▁to ▁al ien ate ▁his ▁H indu ▁and ▁S ikh ▁supp or ters , ▁and ▁was ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁partition ▁of ▁India . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁pro - separ at ist ▁Muslim ▁League ▁sought ▁to ▁int im id ate ▁T iw ana . ▁ ▁The ▁Muslim ▁League ' s ▁Direct ▁Action ▁Day ▁campaign ▁brought ▁the ▁down fall ▁of ▁Sir ▁Kh izar ' s ▁min istry , ▁which ▁dep ended ▁on ▁Congress ▁and ▁Ak ali ▁support ; ▁inter - community ▁relations ▁were ▁effectively ▁destroyed ▁as ▁commun al ▁violence ▁across ▁India ▁claimed ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁people . ▁With ▁the ▁partition ▁of ▁India ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁into ▁the ▁two ▁independent ▁domin ions ▁of ▁India ▁and ▁Pakistan , ▁P un j ab ▁was ▁itself ▁partition ed ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁new ▁countries , ▁with ▁the ▁Muslim ▁majority ▁West ▁P un j ab ▁forming ▁part ▁of ▁Pakistan , ▁and