HistoryModern India: Framing the Constitution

By which year were most Muslim members of the Constituent Assembly ag…

By which year were most Muslim members of the Constituent Assembly agreed that separate electorates were against the interests of the minorities?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → 1949

By 1949, most Muslim members of the Assembly had come to see separate electorates as against the interests of the minorities.

NCERT (2026-27): “3.1 The problem with separate electorates …
Not all Muslims supported the demand for separate electorates. Begum Aizaas Rasul, for instance, felt that separate electorates were selfdestructive since they isolated the minorities from the majority. By 1949, most Muslim members of the Constituent Assembly were agreed that separate electorates were against the interests of the minorities. Instead Muslims needed to take an active part in the democratic process to ensure that they had a decisive voice in the political system.”