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: In which year was the All India Muslim League founded?
(A) 1903
(B) 1906
(C) 1909
(D) 1912

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Hint All India Muslim league commonly known as Muslim league founded in Dhaka, present-day, Bangladesh. The founders of Muslim league were, Khwaja Shalimullah, Vikar-ul-Mulk, Syed Amir Ali , Syed Nabiullah and Khan bahadur Gulam and Mustafa Chowdhury. It was the first Muslim political party of India aimed to safeguard the civil rights of Muslim in India.

Complete step by step solution All India Muslim League, was a Muslim party founded in 1906 in British India to safeguard the rights of Indian Muslim. The first Honorary President of the league was Sir sultan Muhammad shah. It was the first Muslim party in India essentially consisted of educated elites Muslims, especially in beginning. Its advocacy for the establishment of a separate Muslim majority nation state led to the partition of India in 1947 by the British empire. In it's resolution of 1940 demanded that the areas in which Muslim have a majority as in northwestern and eastern zones of India should be considered as independent states, in which the constituent units shall be autonomous.

Additional Information: The basic difference between the Muslim League and the Hindu Mahasabha, which was founded in 1915 was that Hindu Mahasabha was a Hindu party. It unites Hindu society irrespective of any caste, sect whereas Muslim league was a Muslim party which wanted to secure civil rights for Muslim.

So the correct answer is C , 1909
All India Muslim league founded in 1909.


Note Muslim people believed that Congress party catering the needs of only Hindu people, so for securing the rights of Muslim people founded it. Its objectives were:-
1:- Create among Muslim feelings of loyalty for British people.
2:- Secure political rights of Muslims.
3:- Prevent prejudice by other communities of India among the Muslim.