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How the Muslim League won separate electorates from the British The founders of the Muslim League pictured after announcing the party’s formation in 1906. PHOTO: FILE How the Muslim League won separate electorates from the British Interestingly, the Muslim demand for separate electorates is called undemocratic by some authors The concession of separate electorates to Muslims by the British in 1909 is mentioned in almost every book of history written about that period. However, very few writers have written about the process by which this concession came about. In fact, writers such as Shashi Tharoor (2015) and Narendra Singh Sarila (2004), inter alios, present it as a British conspiracy whereby Muslims were ‘used’ to justify separate electorates in order to divide Muslims and Hindus. Therefore, a detailed study is warranted which will reveal not only the process through which this concession was obtained by Muslim League, but also how British really sa ....