The Relations between Congress and Muslims from 1885 to 1914

A large section of Indian Muslims from the ashraf , literally respectable, classes opted to stay away from the Congress which was founded in 1885. However, political boundaries were very fluid and economic class interests, regional identity and different notions of community all played a crucial role at the historical moment when the idea of an Indian nation was itself in the process of being forged, negotiated and contested. Sayyid Ahmed Khan, the most important spokesperson of the north Indian Urdu-speaking ashraf classes in the late nineteenth century, spearheaded a reform movement within Indian Islam. In 1875

with British support he set up the Aligarh Anglo-Muhammadan Oriental College which attracted the sons of Muslim landlords of northern India. While firmly opposing Muslim involvement in the Indian National Congress, Sayyid Ahmed spent the better part of his energies exhorting his co-religionists against cultural exclusiveness and the pest of religious narrow-mindedness. His criticisms of the Congress had less to do with the threats it posed to the religious identity of Muslims than with the cultural pretensions and different claims ___ _____ __________ _________ ______ ___ ______ _____ _________.
________ ___ _________ ___ ____ ________ ______.
_____ ______ _______ ____ _____.
______ ________ ___ ___ _______ ________.
________ ___ ____ ___ ________ ___ ___ ____ _____ __________ _____ _________.
___ ________ ___ _____ _____ _____ __________ ______ __________ ____ _________.
_____ __________ ________ ______ ________ _____ ______.
____ _____ _____ ___ ______ ______ __________ ____ _____ _______.
_____ ________ __________ _______ _____ ______ ______.
___ _______ __________ _____ __________ _______ __________ ______ ________ ________ __________ _____.
_____ __________ ___ _________ ___ ___ ____.
_____ _______ ___ _________ _____ _____ ____ _____ ____ _____ _________ __________.
___ _______ ___ _____ _________ __________ ________.
________ _________ _______ ______ ___.
_________ ______ ______ __________ ____ _________ _____ ____.
______ ___ ____ _____ ______ ________ ______ _____ _________ ________ ________.
_______ _________ ___ ________ __________ ________.
_________ _____ __________ __________ ______ ________ _______.
_______ ________ _______ _____ _____.
______ ______ ____ _______ _______ _____.
_______ _____ ____ _________ _______.
______ __________ __________ ___ ___ ________ _____ ___ _____ ____ ________.
____ _______ __________ ____ ________ ________ ____ _____ _______.
____ _____ ______ ___ ______ _______ ____ __________ __________ ______ ______ ___.
__________ __________ ______ _________ ________ _________ _______ ___ ______ ______ ________ ________.
________ _______ _______ _____ _____.
________ _________ ____ __________ __________ _________ _______ _______.
____ _____ __________ ___ ______ __________ _____ ________ ____ _______ ________.
___ ___ ___ ___ _________ __________ ____ _____ _______ ___ _____.
__________ ____ _______ _________ ___ ______ ____ ______ ____ ________.
_______ ___ _______ ______ ________ _____ ______ __________ _____ _________.
___ _____ _______ ___ __________ ______.
__________ _____ _____ ______ _____ _______ _______.
____ ___ _______ _________ _________ ____ ___ ________ ___ __________.
_________ _________ __________ _______ _____ __________ _______ ___ ________ ______ _________ _______.
____ __________ ________ __________ _____ ___ _______ ________ _______ ________ _______ ____.
_______ _____ _____ ____ ________.
___ _________ ___ ______ _________ __________.
_____ ____ __________ ______ ______ ____ _____ ____ _________ ___.
_______ _________ _______ ___ _____ ____ ________ ___ __________ ________.
________ ________ _____ ___ ________ _______.
____ ______ _____ _______ ___ _________ ______.
__________ ______ ________ ____ ____ ___ ______ _______ __________ ___ _________.
______ _________ ___ _______ __________ _________ _____ _________ _______ __________.
______ __________ __________ ______ _____ ___ __________ _________ ______ ________ _________ __________.
____ ______ ___ ___ ____ _________ ___ ___ _______ ___.
____ ________ _________ _________ ___.
________ _______ ______ ______ _____ ________ _________ ______ ________ __________.
______ ______ _______ ____ ____ _______.
_____ _________ ________ ________ _______.
_____ ________ _____ ______ _____.
________ _____ __________ ____ ___ ____ __________ _________ ________ ___ _________ __________.
____ _______ __________ _______ ________ __________ ______ _________ _______ _________ __________.
_________ ______ _________ __________ _______ _________ ________ _____ ______ ___.
___ ___ _______ ____ ___ ____.
_____ ___ __________ ____ ______ _____ ____ ____ ____ __________.
______ ___ _______ __________ _______ ____ _________ _______ __________ _______.
________ _________ _________ _____ ______ ___ ________ _________ _______.
_____ ____ __________ _________ _____ __________ ______.
_______ __________ ________ ____ _________ ________ _______ __________.
_____ ___ ________ ____ ___ _________ ____ _____ _________.
_____ _________ ____ ____ _____ _______ _________ _______.
______ ______.
Get Full Answer on WhatsApp