Muslims of British India

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historical community religious community social group

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Muslim subjects of British India	1

Statements (91)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical community ⓘ religious community ⓘ social group ⓘ
affectedBy	Government of India Act 1909 NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of India Act 1919 NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of India Act 1935 NERFINISHED ⓘ Partition of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	Islamic reformism ⓘ Muslim separatism in India ⓘ Two-nation theory NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Allama Muhammad Iqbal NERFINISHED ⓘ Liaquat Ali Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad NERFINISHED ⓘ Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madani NERFINISHED ⓘ Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar NERFINISHED ⓘ Muhammad Ali Jinnah NERFINISHED ⓘ Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk NERFINISHED ⓘ Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaukat Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Syed Ahmad Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyInstitution	Aligarh Muslim University NERFINISHED ⓘ Anjuman-i-Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Darul Uloom Deoband NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamia College Lahore NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamia College Peshawar NERFINISHED ⓘ Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College NERFINISHED ⓘ Nadwatul Ulama NERFINISHED ⓘ Osmania University NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy	influenced politics of modern Bangladesh ⓘ influenced politics of modern India ⓘ shaped politics of modern Pakistan ⓘ
linguisticDiversity	high ⓘ
locatedIn	Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
majorLanguage	Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Kashmiri ⓘ Pashto NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ Sindhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorRegion	Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ Bombay Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyderabad State NERFINISHED ⓘ Kashmir NERFINISHED ⓘ Madras Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ North-West Frontier Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ Sindh NERFINISHED ⓘ United Provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	population of British India ⓘ
playedRoleIn	Indian independence movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic modernist thought in South Asia ⓘ Khilafat Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ development of Urdu literature ⓘ
politicalOrganization	All-India Khilafat Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ All-India Muslim League NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind NERFINISHED ⓘ Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousDenomination	Ahl-i Hadith NERFINISHED ⓘ Ahmadiyya NERFINISHED ⓘ Barelvi NERFINISHED ⓘ Deobandi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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 → Muslims of British India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim subjects of British India