Hindu India vs Muslim India

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At first, the aim of the Muslim League was to establish friendly relations between the Muslims and the British Crown. After the Royal decision of the annulment of the partition of Bengal in 1911, Muslim League saw that in order to get their requests dealt with, they need to form relations with the Congress, the representative party of Hindus. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the member of Congress, also joined the Muslim League in 1913. After witnessing the annulment, he worked on a pact to unite Muslims and Hindus which was eventually signed on 30th of December, 1916 at Lucknow.

The Congress accepted the Lucknow Pact, agreeing to the conditions presented by Muslims, such as separate electorates instead of joint electorates, one-third representation reserved for the Muslims in the Central Legislature, Executive should be separated from the Judiciary, Imperial Legislative Council would have Indians in it as well, and other concerns regarding the Legislative Council. A memorandum of this was addressed to the Viceroy in October, 1916 and was finally signed in the December and implemented as the act of Government of India. The British were made aware through this that whatever they try to hurl at the Muslims and Hindus, they would face it acceptingly. A hope was evident among the natives of the sub-continent that they can raise their voice against the Crown and eventually drive them out of India.

World War I brought effects to this side of the world as well. As a British colony, they expected us to provide materials as well as a cavalry to help them. The Muslims were of the other view since they saw that the British were turning hostile towards the Ottoman Empire and decided to break it down, literally. Khilafat Movement started in 1918 belong...

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...y unfavorable. Their objections were on points which they regarded as fundamental in the future constitution of India. The gulf b/w the two parties was at once revealed; separate electorates and the reservation of seats which the leaders of the Congress regarded as obstacles to the growth of Indian nationality, were insisted upon by the Muslims as the absolute minimum which they would accept.”

Maulana Shaukat Ali said,

“As a young man I had been a keen owner of greyhounds, but I have never seen greyhounds’ deal with a hare as the Hindus proposed to deal with the Muslims.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar, criticizing in a unique way said:

“People are of God, country is of viceroy and the orders are of Hindu Mahaa Sabha.”

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah said,

“Hindu India and Muslim India have now been separated in such a manner that they will never be united”.

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