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Two-Nation Theory · Supports the claim

Curzon partitions Bengal, creating a Muslim-majority eastern province

16 Oct 1905 · After 1857
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Two-Nation Theory All events1905 · Curzon partitions Bengal, creating a Muslim-majority eastern province1906 · All-India Muslim League founded at Dhaka1909 · Morley-Minto Reforms grant Muslims separate electorates1916 · Lucknow Pact: Congress and League agree joint reform scheme1920 · Khilafat movement joins Gandhi's non-cooperation campaign1929 · Jinnah presents Fourteen Points in reply to Nehru Report1930 · Iqbal's Allahabad Address proposes a north-western Muslim state
+4 more1937 · 1937 elections; Congress ministries refuse coalitions with League1940 · Lahore Resolution demands independent states in Muslim-majority areas1946 · Cabinet Mission Plan proposes a united India with provincial groups1947 · 3 June Plan transfers power to two states

An administrative British decision handed Muslims a majority province, so later Muslim politics grew out of a specific event.

Source: South Asian Britain (British Library, QMUL, University of Bristol)

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Was the Two-Nation Theory a reaction to events or an inherent Muslim identity?

“Supports” means it backs the claim: The Two-Nation Theory was a reaction to political events rather than a fixed, inherent Muslim identity.

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