In which year was the Muslim League founded?

In which year was the Muslim League founded?

• A. 1900
• B. 1906 (Dhaka)
• C. 1912
• D. 1905

Answer: (B)

The founding year of the All-India Muslim League marks the birth of a formal political platform for Muslims in British India. It was established in 1906, during the annual Muhammadan Educational Conference held in Dhaka, in December, at the Ahsan Manzil. Key leaders like Nawab Salimullah Khan of Dhaka and Sir Aga Khan III drove the creation of the league to represent Muslim interests and to negotiate with the British authorities and the Congress. This is the year historians point to as the birth of organized Muslim politics in India, which later played a central role in the country’s political landscape. The other years listed correspond to different events in Indian history—for example, the Bengal Partition happened in 1905, not the founding of the league—so they don’t mark its birth.

The founding year of the All-India Muslim League marks the birth of a formal political platform for Muslims in British India. It was established in 1906, during the annual Muhammadan Educational Conference held in Dhaka, in December, at the Ahsan Manzil. Key leaders like Nawab Salimullah Khan of Dhaka and Sir Aga Khan III drove the creation of the league to represent Muslim interests and to negotiate with the British authorities and the Congress. This is the year historians point to as the birth of organized Muslim politics in India, which later played a central role in the country’s political landscape. The other years listed correspond to different events in Indian history—for example, the Bengal Partition happened in 1905, not the founding of the league—so they don’t mark its birth.