Lucknow Pact and role of Jinnah

Question 1

When did Congress and League join together

Answer 1

December 1915 where they committed to pursue the political objective of self-government

Question 2

What did the League believe

Answer 2

Annulment of partition of Bengal implied the British were no longer sympathetic to separate electorates

Question 3

What happened with League in 1913

Answer 3

They demanded separated from the Raj as one of their objectives which brought them to closer aims with congress

Question 4

What was a consequence of the declaration of war against Turkey in November 1914

Answer 4

resentment among Muslims who regarded the Sultan of Turkey as their Caliph - most important spiritual leader

Question 5

Who was Jinnah

Answer 5

League’s chief spokesman in discussions leading to the Lucknow pact
Enhanced sense of Islamic identity

Question 6

When did the Lucknow pact take place

Answer 6

1916

Question 7

What did the Lucknow pact agree to

Answer 7

Number of Muslims in the provincial legislatures should be laid down province by province
Separate electorates for all communities until and unless the request a joint one

Question 8

How was congress strengthened

Answer 8

Joint enterprise with league
healing rifts in its own membership
deaths by Gokhale and Mehta enabled Congress to find a formula whereby the extremist bal tilak could re-enter Congress