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Creation of Muslim League 1906

The Muslim League was formed primarily to express loyalty to the British after they granted concessions to Muslims, such as separate electorates. Additionally, it aimed to protect Muslim political rights and cultural identity in response to Hindu dominance and agitation. The League emerged as a necessary political platform for Muslims to safeguard their interests and assert their status as a significant community in India.

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Creation of Muslim League 1906

The Muslim League was formed primarily to express loyalty to the British after they granted concessions to Muslims, such as separate electorates. Additionally, it aimed to protect Muslim political rights and cultural identity in response to Hindu dominance and agitation. The League emerged as a necessary political platform for Muslims to safeguard their interests and assert their status as a significant community in India.

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Was loyalty to the British the main aim for the creation of

Muslim league? Explain your answer.


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✔ In Simla Deputation 1906, British agreed to the Muslim demands like separate electorates and
extra seats in the council and also promised that that partition of Bengal was permanent. The
Muslims were humbled by this fact and in return for these concessions given by the British; they
felt that they need to pay back the British. Thus ML was formed to remove the misunderstanding
between the two communities by improving British-Muslim relation and to show loyalty to the
British.

✔ Muslims were happy with the POB as they got a Muslim majority area to live where they were free
from Hindu dominance (E.B). However, Hindus were against the POB as they believed that it was
done to break Hindu unity and so started large scale protests to reverse it. This worried the
Muslims because they feared that POB might be reversed because of large scale Hindu protest.
Hence, ML was formed to counter Hindu agitation.

✔ Congress, the main political party of India which was dominated by Hindus and was only working
for the rights of Hindus e.g. it demanded political system in India based on British lines. Such
demands worried the Muslims about their political future in India and so ML was formed to put
forward their demands so that their rights could be protected.

✔ Hindus wanted that Hindi should be made the official language of India instead of Urdu. This
worried the Muslims as Urdu was very important for their culture and their culture was preserved
in it. Hence, ML was formed to protect their cultural identity.

✔ Some extremist groups like Arya Samaj were carrying out militant activities and were forcing non
Hindus to convert to Hinduism. This was viewed by Muslims as a threat to their religion; hence
they formed ML so that their religious rights could be protected.

✔ After the success of Simla Deputation, Muslims realized that British were accepting their demands
e.g. separate electorates and so it was the right time to get their demands accepted as British were
considerate towards them. This encouraged them to put forward their demands in an organized
manner through a political platform. Thus Muslim league was formed not only to safeguard the
political rights of Muslims but it also became the founder party of Pakistan.

✔ Sir Feroz Shah Mehta, who was the President of Congress in 1906 refused to accept Muslims as an
important community of India. This enraged the Muslim leaders and they all came to a single
conclusion that they must have a party of their own not only to protect their political rights but
also to develop their image as the second largest community of India.

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