INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Indian Council Act of 1909, also known as Morley-Minto Reform, introduced separate electorates based on religion known as the communal electorate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian Council Act of 1909 was instituted to placate the moderates and appeasement to the disseminate Muslims from National Movement by granting them separate electorate. The people had demanded self-government but what they were given was ‘benevolent despotism’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Council Act of 1909 or the Morley-Minto Reforms introduced a system of communal representation for Muslims by accepting the concept of ‘separate electorate’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indian Councils Act of 1909, also called Morley-Minto Reforms, series of reform measures enacted in 1909 by the British Parliament, the main component of which directly introduced the elective principle to membership in the imperial and local legislative councils in India.