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    The factors leading to the formation of the Muslim League were: 1) The loss of sovereignty of the Mughal rulers and British domination made Muslims bitter enemies of the British and view them with suspicion. 2) The British policy of "Divide and Rule" which included favoring Muslims in schools, spreading communal hatred, and justifying the partition of Bengal to create a Muslim majority region. 3) The economic backwardness of India due to British policies led to fewer jobs and more competition among Indians based on religion, which the British exploited to increase communal tensions between Hindus and Muslims. 4) Some early nationalists' actions, like certain festivals and the idea that nationalism was a religion, annoyed some Indians and took

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    The factors leading to the formation of the Muslim League were: 1) The loss of sovereignty of the Mughal rulers and British domination made Muslims bitter enemies of the British and view them with suspicion. 2) The British policy of "Divide and Rule" which included favoring Muslims in schools, spreading communal hatred, and justifying the partition of Bengal to create a Muslim majority region. 3) The economic backwardness of India due to British policies led to fewer jobs and more competition among Indians based on religion, which the British exploited to increase communal tensions between Hindus and Muslims. 4) Some early nationalists' actions, like certain festivals and the idea that nationalism was a religion, annoyed some Indians and took

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    The factors leading to the formation of the Muslim League were: 1) The loss of sovereignty of the Mughal rulers and British domination made Muslims bitter enemies of the British and view them with suspicion. 2) The British policy of "Divide and Rule" which included favoring Muslims in schools, spreading communal hatred, and justifying the partition of Bengal to create a Muslim majority region. 3) The economic backwardness of India due to British policies led to fewer jobs and more competition among Indians based on religion, which the British exploited to increase communal tensions between Hindus and Muslims. 4) Some early nationalists' actions, like certain festivals and the idea that nationalism was a religion, annoyed some Indians and took

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    The factors leading to the formation of the Muslim League

    1. Loss of sovereignty of the Mughal rulers – The British established their


    supremacy in India by overthrowing the Mughal rulers who were
    followers of Islam. This made the Muslims bitter enemies of the British.
    The Muslims participated in the Wahabi movement which aimed in
    ending the British domination in India and also participated in the
    Uprising of 1857. This made the British view them with suspicion.
    However, this attitude of the British changed after the 1870s when the
    British began to follow the policy of appeasing the Muslims in order to
    undermine the national movement.
    2. The British policy of Divide and Rule – The British got a huge shock after
    the first war of independence in 1857. The British saw the unity between
    the Hindus and Muslims as a great threat to their empire in India and
    decided to adopt the policy of “Divide and Rule” and took the following
    steps -
    I) In 1871, Lord Mayo’s government passed a resolution which made
    Urdu the language of instruction in all primary and secondary
    schools for the Muslims and increased the government aid for the
    institutes run by the Muslims.
    II) The British tried to spread communal hatred by literature, posters,
    press, and public platform.
    III) The British tried to justify the partition of Bengal to the Muslims
    by telling them that in the new Bengal which will have a Muslim
    majority and the Hindus won’t be able to subvert their interests.
    IV) They tried to utilize the cast system by turning the lower castes
    and the non – Brahmins against the higher castes.
    3. Economical backwardness of the country – The economic backwardness
    of the country contributed to the growth of the communalism in India.
    Due to the British Colonial Policies, India lacked modern industrial
    development, and there was acute unemployment of young educated
    Indians. This means that there were a smaller number of jobs and a
    greater number of Indians, then the Indians decided to get a job on the
    bases of the caste, creed, and religion. British used this to fan the
    communal rivalry between the Hindus and the Muslims.
    4. The rise of early nationalists - The early nationalists played an important
    role in the national movement. But some actions of the early nationalists
    marked a step back in terms of national unity. Some action and speeches
    of the early nationalists annoyed some part of the Indians. For example,
    the propagation of the Ganpati and Shivaji festivals by Tilak and Ghosh’s
    idea that Motherland was a nation and the nationalism was the religion.
    Significance of the Lucknow Pact –
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