Controversies

It was observed that the first part of the British Raj was the privilege of the Hindus. They were awarded by the British in all the sectors of the socio-economic life. At that time the Hindus took all the opportunities by their lords and became advanced in all spheres of life. But the Muslims remained far from these changes due to the orthodox principality.

In the course of time the coins showed their back sides and situation changed. After many years of Indian Rebellion of 1857 the Raj took the Divide and Rule policy¹. The Muslims got a little bit blessings of the British at first through the policy of Hindi-Urdu controversy. But till then the Muslims were a backward community in respect of politics. The Indian Councils Act of 1892 was a proof of this claim.

In 1905 when the newly appointed Viceroy Lord Minto declared constitutional reforms. The Muslims took the opportunity to get a break from the Raj. They decided to meet the Lord and proposed the separate electorate for the Muslims. On October 01, 1906 the delegation convened the Lord at Simla historically known as Simla Deputation. The deputation was a successful one. This was the original starting of the Pakistan movement. The Morley-Minto Reforms² of 1909 passed the demand of separate electorates of Muslims. Muslims got a separate identity. Since then Muslims got a platform to think of a different nation-state.

The dream was not such a true one as it can be thought nowadays. There was a long way to reach the goal. The Britishers maintained a balance of their policy. They were not the friends of the Muslims always but used the Muslims in order to make an alternative of Privileged Hindus. At the time of separation the Hindu-British pact were so strong that it was very hard for M. A. Jinnah  to bargain for a state. But the rigidity of the Quaid-e-Azam³ made him able to get two moth-eaten small pieces of land. This was the reality of the Muslims. This is the history of the Indian Muslims.