Sir Syed Ahmed wanted the Muslims to have good relationship with Hindus. But different events made him think that many Hindus didn't wanted friendly relations. One of the events was the move towards democracy taking place in Britain and America. In India some local governments were elected. He knew that the extension of democracy towards India would be a seriously disadvantage the Muslims. He knew that if British ever give up on India the Hindus who were in majority would take over the government and this could be a dangerous situation for the Muslims.
He said that the British should treat the Muslims and Hindus separately. Later after his death, this idea became known as the two nation theory. Even though the Muslims and Hindus lived together they lived as two different nations. The two group had different culture, traditions, language and religion e.g on Eid-Ul-Azha the Muslims could not slaughter a cow as it was precious for Hindus.
WHY DID SYED AHMED KHAN NOT SUPPORT THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS?
When seventy-two delegates met in Bombay in 1885, it consisted if only two Muslims. This was due to strong opposition of Sir Syed Ahmed khan towards the Congress. He believed that it was not in interest of Muslims but was very much in interest of Hindus.
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