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Realising the aims and objectives of the Muslim League when it was formed in 1906, do you think that more than the Muslim League, it was the British policy of Divide and Rule, that encouraged the communal forces to create a rift between the two communities in India.
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Yes it is true that the British policy of Divide and Rule was responsible for creating communal rift between the Hindus and Muslims in India. The Hindus and Muslims have lived together in India for centuries. Since both the communities were exploited by the British, they fought together during the First War of Independence in 1857. Such unity between the two communities posed a danger to British imperialism. Thus, to divide the two communities in order to prolong their rule in India, they tried to sow the seeds of discord between them to check the rising tide of nationalism.
They encouraged the communal forces to wreck the National Movement from within. They dubbed the National Movement as a movement for establishing the 'Hindu Kingdom' in India and encouraged the Muslims to set up their own separate political organisation. It was the British policy of Divide and Rule' that led to the rise of communal trend and to the formation of the Muslim League in 1906.
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