The Montagu Declaration of August 1917 promised the gradual development of self-governing institutions in India. The subsequent Montagu-Chelmsford Report in 1918 detailed proposals for constitutional reforms. Differing opinions within the Congress on whether to accept or reject these reforms led to a split. Moderates, who were more inclined to cooperate with the reforms, parted ways with the main body of the Congress, forming the Indian National Liberal Federation.
After the Surat Split in 1907, the second split in the Congress took place in 1918 on the issue of
Asked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2023 · Topic: Moderates and Extremists in Congress (The Surat Split (1907) and its immediate aftermath)
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