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Examine the events that took place during 1920s and 1930s which consolidated the communal identities in the country.

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The events that took place during 1920s and 1930s that further consolidated the communal identities in the country are as follows:

An important development came in 1906 with the formation of the All India Muslim League at Dacca. The founder members of the league were Muslim landlords and Nawabs. They supported the partition of Bengal and demanded for separate electorates for Muslims. In the elections that were under the Provision of Act of 1935, the congress secured a majority in 7 out of 11 Provinces and formed coalition government in two provinces. The Muslim League could form governments in the Provinces of Punjab and Bengal only with the help of the Unionist Party in Punjab and Krishak Party in Bengal. The Muslim League tried to hamper the functioning of the congress ministries and went on critising their functioning. Muslim League dubbed the congress rule as Hindu rule and denounced the Congress as a fascist party.