The Muslim reaction to the Reforms embodied in the Act of 1909 was, in general, one of acceptance and co-operation. But the Muslim rejoicing was not destined to last very long. The annulment of the Partition of Bengal in December 1911 came as a rude shock to them. Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk wrote that the action of the Government in reversing the Partition had proved conclusively that no reliance could be placed in their plighted word. He also referred to the feelings of disappointment and disillusionment caused among the Muslims by the Government and their drift towards the Congress. “By this decision” he remarked that the "Government displayed improper indifference to the Muslims." Nawab Salimullah, the President of the Muslim League in its session held at Calcutta in March 1912, said; “the annulment of the Partition had all the appearance of a ready concession to the clamors of an utterly seditious agitation. It has appeared to put a premium on sedition and disloyalty, and created an impression in the minds of the irresponsible masses that even the Government can be brought down on its knees by a reckless and persistent defiance of constituted authority.” Apart from the annulment of Partition, bombardment on Mashad in Iran by Russia, the Balkan war, the failure of the Indian Government to establish a Muslim university at Aligarh and Britain’s anti-Turkish policies compelled the Muslims to revise their policies towards the Indian Government.