Tag: the growth of communalism

The Viceroy of India during the formation of Muslim League was Lord Minto who held the position from 1905 to 1910. The league was founded in 1906 at Dhaka to safeguard the rights of Indian Muslims. It was a political group that led the movement calling for a separate Muslim nation to be created at the time of the partition of British India in 1947 because it feared that an independent India would be dominated by Hindus.

Muslim League was founded in 1906 as the All-India Muslim League by Aga Khan III. Its original purpose was to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in India. An early leader in the League, Muhammad Iqbal, was one of the first to propose (1930) the creation of a separate Muslim India.

The establishment of Muslim league was a big threat to secularism. The Hindus and the Muslims were fighting together against the British. But due to the formation of Muslim league the demand and other policies were separated. Basically, the Muslim League gradually demanded a separate state for them. 

Cripps Mission rejected the demand of creation of Pakistan. In March 1942 , a mission headed by Stafford Cripps was sent to India with constitutional proposals to seek Indian support for the war.

The Muslim League was founded in 1906 at Dhaka to safeguard the rights of Indian Muslims. It was a political group that did not believe in the idea of a single Indian union and led the movement calling for a separate Muslim nation to be created at the time of the partition of British India in 1947 because it feared that an independent India would be dominated by Hindus.

Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan was great educationist and social reformer. He regarded Hindus and Muslims to be one Quam. He founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh which had both Hindu and Muslim patrons.

Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan was a great educationist and social reformer. He regarded Hindus and Muslims to be one Quam. He founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh which had both Hindu and Muslim patrons.

After First War of Independence 1854 British tried to spread communal hatred through the Press, posters, literature and public platform.