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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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