ASSIGNMENT#01(PAK301)

STUDENT ID#220423722
NAME# MOHSIN ALI

QUESTION NO# 01
“Indian National Congress always claimed to be representative of all the segments of Indian
society”; Keeping in view of this statement, critically evaluate the emergence of All India
Muslim League as a counterforce. Justify your answer with five valid points.

SOLUTION:
All India Muslim League had been founded in Dhaka to
promote loyalty to the British and to protect and
advance the political rights and interests of the Muslims
of India.
The communal idea that the Muslims are a separate nation was sown into the Indian political ethos
first by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, a philosopher and Muslim reformist.
All India Muslim League was the first Muslim political party of India. The idea was that the
Congress Party was only catering to the needs of the Hindus. This was an erroneous idea since
Congress always meant to include every community of the country and had many Muslim leaders
as members.
The AIML was essentially a party of educated elite Muslims, at least in the beginning. The party’s
chief aim was to promote and secure civil rights for Muslims. It espoused loyalty to the British
government as a means to achieve more political and civil rights.

The objectives of the league were:

To create among Muslims the feelings of loyalty towards the British Government.
To safeguard the political rights of the Muslims and to convey the same to the government.
To prevent the rise of prejudice against other communities of India among the Muslims.
Jinnah and Muslim League led the struggle for the partition of British India into separate Hindu
Muslim states, and after the formation of Pakistan in 1947 the league became Pakistan dominant
political party.

QUESTION NO#02

What socio-political contributions of Sir Syed

Ahmad Khan made him a ‘savior’ of the Muslims of
Sub-continent amid British Raj? Explain your
answer with five relevant points.

SOLUSION:

He was one of those early pioneers who recognized the

critical role of education in the empowerment of the
poor and backward Muslim community. In more than
one ways, Sir Syed was one of the greatest social
reformers and a great national builder of modern India.
Sir Syed intensified his work to promote co-operation
with British authorities, promoting loyalty to the
Empire amongst Indian Muslims.
Urdu Hindi Controversy Urdu grew as common
language of all the Indians regardless of origin or
religion but in 1867 the Benarsi Hindus started
campaign to replace Urdu by Hindi. To gain the
objectives, they declared numerous organizations,
which discouraged Sir Syed who said to Shakespeare
that since now both the nations could not live together.
In 1888, Sir Syed set up the Patriotic Association to
meet the propaganda of the congress. Muslims and
Hindus Joined the Association. It advocated the
Muslims emotions.
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan visualized the bright future of
the Muslims if they engaged themselves in western
learning.