Who among the fol low ing leader s dominated the Lucknow Pact in December, 1916 ?

The Lucknow Pact of December 1916 was a landmark agreement between the Indian National Congress and the All-India Muslim League. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, representing the extremist wing of the Congress, played a dominant and pivotal role in this session [1]. Having been readmitted to the Congress in 1916 after a decade-long separation, Tilak, along with Annie Besant, was instrumental in bringing the two organizations together to present joint constitutional demands to the British government [3]. While Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the chief architect from the Muslim League's side, Tilak is credited with engineering the pact from the Congress side, marking the reunion of the moderate and radical wings. Other leaders like Madan Mohan Malviya and the Nehrus were active in the national movement at the time but did not dominate the specific negotiations of the Lucknow Pact to the extent Tilak did.

Sources

1. [1] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 3: Impact of World War I on Indian Freedom Movement > Morley > p. 35
2. [3] https://gacbe.ac.in/pdf/ematerial/18BPA66S-U3.pdf