MUSLIM NATIONALISM IN SOUTH ASIA: EVOLUTION THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

Abstract

In this article an attempt is made to find out that the emergence and growth of Muslim nationalism was intensified due to constitutional reforms which were introduced by the British government from time to time. The article will examine how the partition of India was the culmination of a powerful movement of Muslim nationalism, which began in constitutional shape in the second half of the nineteenth century and symbolized by the foundation of the Sir Syed's MAO College at Aligarh. The article will also observe the role of All India Muslim League in development of political consciousness among the Muslims and how it led Muslim nationalism.