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Correct Option: (c) Explanation:  Option (c) is correct. Sayyid Ahmad Khan  In the rise of the separatist tendency along communal lines, Sayyid Ahmad Khan played an important role.  Though a great educationist and social reformer, Sayyid Ahmad Khan became towards the end of his life a conservative in politics.  He laid the foundations of Muslim communalism when in the 1880’s he gave up his earlier views and declared that the political interests of Hindus and Muslims were not the same but different and even divergent.  He also preached complete obedience to British rule. When the Indian National Congress was founded in 1885, he decided to oppose it and tried to organize along with Raja Shiva Prasad of Varanasi a movement of loyally to British rule.  He also began to preach that, since the Hindus formed the larger part of the Indian population, they would dominate the Muslims in case of the weakening or withdrawal of British rule. He urged the Muslims not to listen to Badruddin Tyabji’s appeal to them to join the National Congress. Topic: Modern History Sub-Topic: · Social Reform Movements and Personalities