Muslims of British India

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Muslims of British India were the diverse Muslim populations living under British colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent, who played a central role in the social, political, and intellectual movements that eventually led to the creation of Pakistan and shaped modern South Asian history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical community
religious community
social group
affectedBy Government of India Act 1909
Government of India Act 1919
Government of India Act 1935
Partition of India
associatedWithConcept Islamic reformism
Muslim separatism in India
Two-nation theory
linked to: Two-Nation Theory

communal representation
pan-Islamism
country British India
culturalContribution Islamic architecture in South Asia
Islamic education networks
Persianate literary traditions
Sufi shrines and practices
Urdu poetry
demographicCharacteristic majority in North-West Frontier Province
majority in Sindh
majority in parts of Bengal
majority in parts of Punjab
minority in most provinces
ethnicallyDiverse true
experienced British colonial policies of divide and rule
communal tensions with Hindus
grantedPoliticalRight separate electorates for Muslims
influentialLeader Aga Khan III
linked to: The Aga Khan

Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Liaquat Ali Khan
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madani
Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk
Shaukat Ali
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
keyInstitution Aligarh Muslim University
Anjuman-i-Islam
Darul Uloom Deoband
linked to: Deoband

Islamia College Lahore
Islamia College Peshawar
Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
Nadwatul Ulama
Osmania University
legacy influenced politics of modern Bangladesh
influenced politics of modern India
shaped politics of modern Pakistan
linguisticDiversity high
locatedIn Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia

South Asia
majorLanguage Bengali
Gujarati
Kashmiri
Pashto
linked to: Pashto language

Punjabi
Sindhi
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
majorRegion Bengal
Bombay Presidency
Hyderabad State
Kashmir
Madras Presidency
North-West Frontier Province
linked to: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Punjab
Sindh
United Provinces
partOf population of British India
playedRoleIn Indian independence movement
Islamic modernist thought in South Asia
Khilafat Movement
linked to: Khilafat movement

Pakistan Movement
development of Urdu literature
politicalOrganization All-India Khilafat Committee
linked to: Khilafat movement

All-India Muslim League
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam
religion Islam
religiousDenomination Ahl-i Hadith
Ahmadiyya
Barelvi
linked to: Barelvi movement

Deobandi
Shia Islam
Sunni Islam
resultedIn creation of Pakistan
large-scale migration in 1947
socialStatus included both elites and peasants
timePeriod British colonial period in India
timePeriodEnd 1947
timePeriodStart 1858

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Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk communityRepresented Muslims of British India
Allahabad Address addressesCommunity Muslims of British India
Anglo-Muhammadan law formulations appliedTo Muslim subjects of British India
linked to: Muslims of British India