Lucknow Pact

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The Lucknow Pact was an agreement between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League at the time of British India . In 1916 Mohammed Ali Jinnah , a member of the Indian National Congress, negotiated an agreement with the Muslim League in Lucknow to put pressure on the British colonial rulers . The aim was a more liberal form of rule and thus a greater degree of authority for the Indians over the British. This was a fundamental turn in the politics of the Muslim League, so before it only stood up for the partial interests of the Muslims , for which they needed the colonial rule of the British as opposed to the Hindus.

Main demands

The main demands of the pact were:

  • Self-government of the Indian people
  • One third of the Muslims should be represented in the central administration
  • There should be different constituencies for all communities until one community calls for common constituencies
  • The number of members of the central legislative council should be increased to 150
  • At the regional level, 4/5 of the members of the Legislative Council should be elected and 1/5 should be appointed
  • The size of the regional legislature should not exceed 125 in main provinces and between 50 and 75 in smaller provinces
  • All members except those who are appointed should be directly elected based on adult prerogative
  • No law concerning a municipality should be enforceable if 3/4 of the members of the legislative council in the municipality are against it
  • The legislative council should be elected for five years
  • The members of the Legislative Council in turn elect a President
  • Half of the members of the Imperial Legislative Council are said to be Indian
  • The Indian Council is abolished
  • The salaries of the Secretary of State for Indian Affairs should be paid by the British Government and not by Indian capital
  • One of two alternate secretaries should be Indian
  • The executive branch should be separated from the judicial branch

consequences

The pact did not have any major consequences. The government announced in 1917 that it would slowly give India independence, but this plan was not implemented for the time being. After it became clear that the British colonial rulers did not accept the demands - or only in insignificant parts - Ali Jinnah moved to the Muslim League, in which he became president and thus decisively on the political independence of India and the division of the Muslim ( Bangladesh , Pakistan ) from the Hindu ( India ) part.

See also

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Story of Pakistan