Factors responsible for Partition of India
i. Separate electorates given by the British to Muslims in 1909 and expanded in 1919. (Govt. of India Act-1909 and 1919)
ii. Sectarian slogans used on the basis of religion in the 1920s.
iii. Tabligh and Shuddhi movements -Music before Mosque, cow protection movement etc.
iv. Communal tensions and riots deepened the differences between the two communities.
v. Outcome of 1937 elections.
vi. ** league demanded a ***** government in UP and was rejected by INC.
vii. Jinnah’* insistence that the league should be recognized as the sole spokesman of the Muslims and other developments.
viii. Demand for communal vote in the executive council by Jinnah.
ix. Pakistan resolution by ** league in 1940
x. Congress ministries also contributed to the widening of rift. The party rejected the ** league proposal for coalition govt.
xi. Provincial elections of 1946.
xii. Cabinet Mission Plan.
xiii. Direct Action Day.
xiv. Partition of India and Communal riots
xv. Any other relevant point
