Modern India

Lucknow Pact 1916

English

Period1916 Exam importanceHigh

An agreement between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League at the 1916 Lucknow session, reuniting the Moderate and Extremist Congress factions while also establishing separate electorates for Muslims — a rare moment of Hindu-Muslim political unity in the nationalist movement.

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