The Lucknow Pact of December 1916 was an understanding between the Indian National Congress and the ______.

The correct answer is Muslim League.

Key Points

• The Lucknow Pact of December 1916 was an understanding between the Congress and the Muslim League.
• Congress and the Muslim League decided to work together for representative government in the country through the Lucknow pact.
• As a result of the Lucknow Pact, congress accepted separate electorates.
• This was the first time both the INC and the Muslim League's leaders had met in a joint session.
• The pact provided a joint political platform for the Moderates, Extremists, and the Muslim League.​
• The Indian National Congress was headed by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the All-India Muslim League was led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
• Lucknow Pact was adopted by Congress at its Lucknow session on 29 December 1916.
• Lucknow Pact was adopted by the Muslim League on 31 December 1916.
• The Pact addressed both the structure of India's government and the relationship between Hindu and Muslim communities.
• This Lucknow pact prepared the door for Hindu-Muslim cooperation in the Khilafat movement, as well as Mohandas Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, which began in 1920.
• Muslim League was formed in 1906.

Additional Information

• The Swatantra Party was a political party in India that existed from 1959 to 1974.
  • It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari.
  • The Swatantra Party was later dissolved in 1974.
• Communist Party of India is a national political party in India founded in late 1925 in Kanpur (now in Uttar Pradesh state).
  • S.V. Ghate was the Communist Party of India's first General Secretary.
• The Hindu Mahasabha is a political party in India founded as an organisation in 1915,
  • In 1933, Hindu Mahasabha was adopted as a political party.
  • The Hindu Mahasabha was founded by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.