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Lucknow Pact
In 1916, Mohammed Ali Jinnah a member of Indian National Congress negotiated with Muslim League to reach an agreement to pressurise British Government to have a more liberal approach to India and give Indians more authority to run their country. This was a considerable change of policy for Muslim League as Muslim League was established to preserve Muslim interests in India, for this they needed to be supportive of British rule in India. After the unpopular partition of Bengal, Muslim League was confused of its stand and it was this time that Jinnah approached League. Jinnah was the mastermind and architect of the Pact, even though at this moment Jinnah was a member of India National Congress he later went to become the leader of Muslim League.
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