Arrange the following in a chronological order according to the year of formation.

A. All-India Muslim League
B. Hindu Mahasabha
C. 1937 Provincial Elections
D. Lucknow Pact

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, B, D, C

The correct answer is Option (2) → A, B, D, C

The correct chronological order is:

A. All-India Muslim League (1906)
B. Hindu Mahasabha (1915)
D. Lucknow Pact (1916)
C. 1937 Provincial Elections (1937)

The All-India Muslim League was founded in 1906. The Party began to make demands for autonomy for the Muslim-majority areas of the subcontinent and/or Pakistan in the 1940s.

The Hindu Mahasabha was founded in 1915. It was a Hindu Party that had an influence in North India. It aimed to unite Hindus by encouraging them to transcend the divisions of caste and sect. It sought to define Hindu identity in opposition to Muslim identity.

The Lucknow Pact of December 1916 was an understanding between the Congress and the Muslim League whereby the Congress accepted separate electorates. The Pact provided a joint political platform for the Moderates, Radicals and the Muslim League.

In 1937, elections to the provincial legislatures were held for the first time. The Muslim League also fared poorly, polling only 4.4 per cent of the total Muslim vote cast in this election. The League failed to win a single seat in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and could capture only two out of 84 reserved constituencies in Punjab and three out of 33 in Sind. In the United Provinces, the Muslim League wanted to form a joint government with Congress. The Congress had won an absolute majority in the province, so it rejected the offer. Some scholars argue that this rejection convinced the League that if India remained united, then Muslims would find it difficult to gain political power because they would remain a minority.