Question

Under the leadership of Agha Khan, What promises were made by Lord Minto to the deputation which met him in 1906?

Answer 1

Hint:
The Muslim League formed On December 30 in 1906. Lord Minto was responsible for granting separate electorates on the basis of communal representation.

Complete step by step solution:
The promises made by Lord Minto to the deputation which met him in 1906 under the leadership of Agha Khan was that viceroy should receive the deputation and express his sympathy with their aspirations. The assurance was given that their rights and interests as a community will be safeguarded.
Muslim deputation was made by the Indian Muslim leaders. They met the Governor General and Viceroy in Shimla. They demanded for both separate electoral constituencies for Muslims in the provincial council and imperial legislative council for them. The preference for them should be given to Muslim community while nominating the members to the Viceroy's council.
The viceroy Minto shows his sympathy for their aspirations. Minto assured them that their political rights and interests as a community would be surely safeguarded.
Aga Khan III (1877 – 1957) was the leader of the Nizari Ismaili sect in British India from 1885. He took interest in promoting the interests of the Muslims in British India. Aga Khan took a Muslim delegation to meet British Viceroy Lord Minto in 1906.
The reason behind the formation of this league was, In 1871 Lord Mayo’s government adopted a resolution which made Urdu the medium of instruction for Muslims in schools and to educational institutions run by the Muslims. They also tried to create hatred among the Hindus and the Muslims by portraying Muslim rulers as plunderers, and Hindu rulers as cruel and inappropriate kings to their Muslim subjects. They tried to justify the Partition of Bengal by convincing the Muslims that Bengal was being partitioned to create a new Muslim majority province. They tried to utilise the caste structure so that they can turn the non-brahmins and the lower castes against people belonging to high castes.

Note:
 Lord Minto, the British Viceroy of India in 1906, promised Aga Khan to separate Muslim electorates from others. As a result of it, The Minto-Morley reforms came into effect in by 1909 and provided separate Muslim electorates.