POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH ASIA: THE PARALLEL JOURNEY OF TWO DIVERGENT POLITICAL FORCES IN THE SUBCONTINENT (1900-1937)
Keywords:
South Asia, India, politics, Muslim League, CongressAbstract
olitical development in the Indian subcontinent during the period of British rule has been one of the most important features of modern South Asian history. The two divergent political forces in the form of the All-India Muslim League and Indian National Congress was the hallmark of the political history of the subcontinent. Often found divergent in their respective reforms agenda both political forces had one thing common: that both of them agreed upon the transfer of power to the native people. The roots of political turmoil experienced in the 19th century by Muslim India, especially in Bengal, can be understood through the activities of Muslim religious reform movements through which the feelings and the sentiments of the community were initially expressed. During the latter half of the century there emerged a series of religious reform movements. An academic investigation of the Indian political history between 1900 and 1937, as represented mainly through the Indian National Congress and the All-India Muslim League can elucidate the manner in which the non-Muslim and Muslim Indian political leadership attempted to look after the rights and demands of the Indian society at large.
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