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Who was the first president of All India Muslim League?
A. Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk
B. Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
C. Hakim Ajmal Khan
D. Aga Khan III

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Hint: The All India Muslim League is a political party founded in the year 1906 by Nawab Khwaja Salimullah in British India.
This league led to the separation of India and Pakistan in 1947.
The symbol of election of the party was a ‘Crescent’ and a ‘Star’.

Complete answer:
Option A, Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk original name is Mushtaq Hussain Kamboh was born in the year 1841 and died in 1917 in Meerut. He is known to be one of the founders of All India Muslim League. In 1866 he started his political career in the Aligarh Movement. He is also a Pakistan Movement leader and Aligarh Muslim University activist. So, it is not the correct answer.
Option B, Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk was born in 1837 in Etawah in the state of Uttar Pradesh and died in 1907. He is also well known by the name Syed Mehdi Ali and Munir Nawaz Jang who was involved in the Aligarh Movement and was one of the founders of All India Muslim League. So, it is also not the correct answer.
Option C, Hakim Ajmal Khan also known as Mohammad Ajmal Khan was a famous physician in Delhi who was born in 1868 in Delhi and died in 1927. He was one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia University of Delhi. So, he is also not associated with questions and incorrect answers.
Option D, Aga Khan III is also known by the name Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah born in the year 1877 in Karachi and died in 1957. He was the first president of All India Muslim League who worked for the protection of Muslims in India and their advancement. Thus, it is the correct answer.

Hence the correct answer is Option ‘D’.

Note: All India Muslim League was formed in Dhaka, Bangladesh and it was dissolved on 14th August 1947.
The religion of the party was ‘Islam’.
The constitution of the League was written in the book named ‘Green Book’ which was authored by Maulana Mohammad Ali.