At the dawn of the 20th century, a number of factors convinced the Muslims of the need to have an effective political organization. One of the factors was the replacement of Urdu by Hindi in the United Provinces. The creation of a Muslim province by partitioning the Province of Bengal and the violent resistance put up by the Hindus against this decision was another. But the most important factor was the proposed constitutional reforms. The Muslims apprehended that under such a Foundation of Muslim system they would not get due representation
