The pact was adopted by the Congress on December 29 and by the Muslim League on December 31, 1916. Congress was then led by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, while Mohammed Ali Jinnah represented the League.

Since, the pact was signed in Lucknow, it is a good reason for UP to remember Tilak on the occasion," said Awanish Awasthi, principal secretary, UP tourism and information and public relations ...

Just a decade after the Partition of Bengal, and the sharpening of the Hindu-Muslim divide, there was a moment of unity — a unity made possible by a pact between the Congress and the Muslim ...