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Lucknow Pact refers to an agreement reached between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League at the joint session of both the parties, held in Lucknow, in the year 1916. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, then a member of the Congress as well as the League, made both the parties reach an agreement to pressure the British government to adopt a more liberal approach to India and give Indians more authority to run their country, besides safeguarding basic Muslim demands. Due to the reconciliation brought about by Jinnah between the Congress and the League, the Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu, gave him the title of “the Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity”.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak wrote about the deportation of Punjab in 1907 in his newspaper Kesari. The 1907 Punjab unrests were a period of unrest in the British Indian province of Punjab, principally around the Colonisation bill that was implemented in the province in 1906. Kesari is a Marathi newspaper founded by Lokmanya Tilak in 1881. The newspaper was not established as profit making venture but as a way to spread political education among the common people and played an important role in the national movement.

Edwin Samuel Montagu served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922. On 20 August 1917, he made a historic declaration in the House of Commons defining the goal of British policies in India. In the previous month, he had made a scathing attack on the whole system by which India was being administered in a debate in British House of Commons. It is also known as August Declaration of 1917.

On 20 August 1917, Edwin Samuel Montagu made a historic declaration in the House of Commons defining the goal of British policies in India. In the previous month, he had made a scathing attack on the whole system by which India was being administered in a debate in British House of Commons. It is also known as August Declaration of 1917

Edwin Samuel Montagu served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922. On 20 August 1917, he made a historic declaration in the House of Commons defining the goal of British policies in India. In the previous month, he had made a scathing attack on the whole system by which India was being administered in a debate in British House of Commons. It is also known as The Montague Declaration.

The Assertive Nationalists doubted whether the August Declaration could satisfy the people of India. Bal Gangadhar Tilak criticised the declaration as "unworthy and disappointing- a sunless dawn", Mrs. Basant presided over the Calcutta Session of the Congress in 1917.

The Assertive Nationalists doubted whether the August Declaration 1917 could satisfy the people of India. Bal Gangadhar Tilak criticised the declaration as "unworthy and disappointing- a sunless dawn".

Mrs. Annie Basant described the Montagu declaration as something "unworthy of England to offer and India to accept".

The Montague declaration is titled: “Increasing association of Indians in every branch of administration, and the Gradual development of self-governing Institutions with a view to the progressive realization of responsible governments in India as an Integral part of the British Empire”.