A local history society displays a membership card issued at Dacca in December 1906. It belonged to a young lawyer who joined a new Muslim political organis...
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A local history society displays a membership card issued at Dacca in December 1906. It belonged to a young lawyer who joined a new Muslim political organisation formed after leaders discussed the need for loyalty to the British state and protection of Muslim interests. The society asks which achievements of this organisation mattered most between 1906 and independence in 1947.
(a) Identify the organisation formed at Dacca. [1]
(b) Explain two early aims of this organisation. [4]
(c) Analyse one reason why its formation was a significant step for Muslims in India. [2]
Answer Details
(a) All-India Muslim League [1] (b) Any two: promote loyalty to the British government [2]; protect and advance Muslim political rights [2]; present Muslim views to the British state [2]; reduce hostility between Muslims and other communities where possible [2]. (c) It gave Muslims a permanent all-India organisation to state common demands [1]; it became the vehicle through which the demand for Pakistan was eventually led [1].
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