HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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It was an agreement purely based on the bond of common hatred of the foreign rule
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It was a marriage of convenience without a pontiff
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It was based on the wrong notion that Hindus and Muslims formed separate communities
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It was a pact between powerless potentates
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Detailed explanation-1: -One defect of the Lucknow Pact was that the Pact provided for Muslim representation in the Councils far in excess of their proportion in the total population.
Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: Lucknow Pact refers to an agreement reached between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League at the joint session of both the parties, held in Luck now, in the year 1916.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Lucknow Pact gave the impression of Hindu-Muslim unity in the national political scene. But it was only an impression and short-lived. The agreement between the parties on a separate communal electorate formally established communal politics in India.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lucknow Session appeared to have given a perception of Hindu-Muslim unity; but it was signed without regard for its consequences. A blunder was committed by approving one third representations of the Muslims on the basis of their being a minority was biggest blunder because it sowed the seeds of communal politics.