AHC: An Early Pakistan

Your challenge is to have this Muslim Indian state come into existence as soon as it realistically can. No ASBs, and bonus points if it happens before the Second World War.
 

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Partition of Bengal, east bengali Muslim state in 1905
1919 border troubles in NWFP a Pashtun Muslim state breaks away allied to Afghanistan
 
After the government of India Act is passed in 1935 but not enough princes accede to it, Britain decides to set up each presidency/province and princely state (or aggolomerations of the smaller ones) on separate paths toward responsible government and independence. Bengal and Punjab experience a short, unstable period of independence, leading to muslim areas of each state seceding and joining Sindh to form Pakistan.
 
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