How did the relative economic backwardness of muslims foster communal feelings in india?
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The communal and separatist feelings grew among the Muslims to some extent because of their relative backwardness in education, trade and industry.
1. The Muslims in 19th century were conservative and hostile towards modern education. Thus, the number of Muslims educated in western system of education remained small.
2. The British used Divide and Rule Policy, under which the Muslims were discriminated in the recruitment to civil and military services.
3. The Muslims did not involve much in the growth of trade and industry. They lagged behind in this case!
4. The Muslims did not adopt the Western culture whereas the Hindus did. Western Education was essential for entering into the civil and government services. This was a disadvantage!
These factors helped the British to achieve their goal of separating Hindus and Muslims. They used this to their advantage and incited the communal feeling in India.
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