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Congress agreed to reserve _____ seats for Muslims in the Central Legislative Council while giving consent to the Lucknow Pact at a joint session of Muslim League and Congress held at Lucknow in December 1916.

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Congress agreed to reserve _____ seats for Muslims in the Central Legislative Council while giving consent to the Lucknow Pact at a joint session of Muslim League and Congress held at Lucknow in December 1916. Answer: One Third

Although the Muslims were given this right in the Indian Council Act of 1909, the Indian National Congress opposed it. The Congress also agreed to the idea of one-third seats for the Muslims in the Councils despite the fact that the Muslim population represented less than a third.

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