"In 1906 a delegation of Muslims led by the Aga Khan was steered into submitting a memorandum to the Viceroy, Lord Minto, demanding separate electorates for Muslims..... Lady Minto wrote in her Journal... "This has been.... an epoch in Indian History.... that will affect India for many a long year...." The Aga Khan... claimed..."Lord Minto's acceptance of our demands was... and the final inevitable consequence was the partition of India and the emergence of Pakistan.""
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Shourie, Arun (1994). Missionaries in India: Continuities, changes, dilemmas. New Delhi : Rupa & Co, 1994 quoting Lady Minto, Aga Khan.
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Aga Khan III
Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO PC (2 November 1877 – 11 July 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims. He was one of the founders and the first president of the All-India Muslim League, and served as President of the League of Nations from 1937 to 1938.
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