When was the demand for separate electorates for Muslims accepted by the colonial government in India?

1909

The correct answer is Option 1 - 1909

The demand for separate electorates for Muslims was accepted by the colonial government in India in 1909.

Some scholars see Partition as a culmination of communal politics that started developing in the opening decades of the twentieth century. They suggest that separate electorates for Muslims, created by the colonial government in 1909 and expanded in 1919, crucially shaped the nature of communal politics. Separate electorates meant that Muslims could now elect their own representatives in designated constituencies. This created a temptation for politicians working within this system to use sectarian slogans and gather a following by distributing favours to their own religious groups.