With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is not correct?
- Hakim Ajmal Khan was one of the leaders to start a nationalist and militant Ahrar movement
- When the Indian National Congress was formed, Sayyid Ahmad Khan opposed it
- The All‑India Muslim League which was formed in 1906 vehemently opposed the partition of Bengal and separate electorates
- Maulana Barkatullah and Maulana Obeidullah Sindhi were among those who formed a Provisional Government of India in Kabul
Explanation
Option (c) is the correct answer
- Muslim League supported the partition of Bengal and demanded special safeguards for the Muslims in government services.
All other statements are factually correct
- The Ahrar Movement was a militant nationalist movement started by Muslims who opposed the pro-British and loyalist politics of the Aligarh school. It was led by figures such as Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Hakim Ajmal Khan, Hasan Imam, Zafar Ali Khan, and Mazharul Haque. The movement drew support from young Muslims who were dissatisfied with the conservative outlook of the Aligarh leadership, the nawabs, and the zamindars. Influenced by modern ideas of self-government and nationalism, they favoured active participation in the militant nationalist movement against British rule.
- Sir Syed opposed the formation of Congress in 1885.
- Abdul Hafiz Mohammad Barkatullah, the first Prime Minister of the first Provisional Government of India at Kabul in Afghanistan, during the First World War. Obeidullah Sindhi joined the Provisional Government of India established in Kabul in December 1915 and stayed in Afghanistan until the end of World War I, and afterwards left for Russia.
