Abstract
As a Muslim majority province in British India (the other being Bengal), the Punjab was crucial to Syed Ahmad Khan’s programme of education and progress of Muslims as a qaum (community) under the patronage of the British government. The article analyses Syed Ahmad Khan’s speeches during his visits to the Punjab in 1873 and 1883–84 and discusses his response to the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885. The last section deals with the bearing of Syed Ahmad Khan’s activity on communalisation of popular consciousness, especially in the Punjab. Evidently, his ideas and strategies evolved with changing political contexts.
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