Efforts For Hindu - Muslim Unity (Continued: Pakistani Movement)

Efforts For Hindu - Muslim Unity

After the announcement of the Minto - Morley reforms, Hindu - Muslim relations got strained. But on January 1st, 1911, in Lucknow representatives of the Hindu and the Muslims discussed their communities relations. The meeting which was held following the Congress session in 1910, established the claim of the Muslim League as representative of the Muslims of the subcontinent.

In December 1913 the annual session of the Congress was held at Karachi in which Bhopindra Nath Basu expressed his good feelings for the Muslims and stressed the need of better understanding and cooperation.

Tt was during the end of 1913 when Mr. Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined the Muslim League on condition that his association with the League would not in any way curtail his loyalty to the Congress. At that time he was the greatest advocate of the Hindu - Muslim unity.

On December 31, 1915, the annual session of the Congress was held at Bombay. Mr. Jinnah invited the Muslim League to hold its session at Bombay. So both the Congress and Muslim League, in a joint session agreed to constitute committees for both political bodies which would consider for special needs of both the Hindus and Muslims and to sort out the way for political reconciliation between Hindus and Muslims by negotiation. These two committees drew up a scheme for the constitutional reforms in India.