Question

Which of the following event led to the formation of Muslim League ?

• A. The Hindi-Urdu Controversy
• B. The Marathi-Urdu Controversy
• C. The Urdu-Bengali Controversy
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

The Hindi-Urdu Controversy

In the United Provinces Urdu was the court language and all the petitions to the offices and courts were submitted in Urdu. Some sections of the society protested against this practice. On April 8, 1900, the Government instructed that all petitions were to be submitted in Hindi, in Devanagri script, and the court summons and official announcements to be issued in Hindi as well as in Urdu. The Muslims resented this. The controversy continued for months and relations between the communities became worse.