Question

What was the impact of the form of Muslim league on the National Movement?

Answer 1

Hint: The All India Muslim League was founded in Dhaka, British India (present-day Bangladesh). One of the earliest leaders to put up the demand for Muslim league was Muhammad Iqbal, he was also one of the first leaders to propose the idea of the two-nation theory.

Complete answer:
a. The all India Muslim league was founded on 30 December 1906 in Dhaka.
b. The all India Muslim league was the first Muslim political party in India.
c. the founders of the muslim league were- Khwaja Salimullah, Vikar ul Mulk, Syed Amir Ali, Syed Nabiullah Khan Bahadur Ghulam and Mustafa Chowdhury.
d. The main aim of the Muslim League was to promote and secure civil rights for Muslims and create feelings of loyalty towards the British government.
Mohammad Ali Jinnah joined the Muslim league in 1913.
Ultimately the impact of the Muslim League was not very positive, it set the stage for the idea that Hindus and Muslims couldn’t cohabit the same country as they belonged to two different cultures.
In the 1940s the Muslim league campaigned for the partition of India and they finally succeeded when Pakistan was formed.

Note: The all India Muslim league failed to win any seats in the 1937 provincial elections. The league was finally dissolved on 14 August 1947. A few leaders who didn’t agree with the two-nation theory had left the All India Muslim League and had made their own party, All India Jamhur Muslim League which later merged with Congress.