Montague-Chelmsford Reforms Analysis

All three statements support the assertion. The Government of India Act 1919 retained separate electorates for Muslims and extended them to Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, and Europeans (1). This framework institutionalized communal divisions to fragment the growing nationalist coalition (2). This system encouraged various socio-political interests and deprived classes to organize along community identities to secure political concessions and seats (3).