● The Congress split in 1907. The Moderates were opposed to the use of boycott. They felt that it involved the use of force. ● However, the extremists insisted on the use of mass boycott movements, protests and strikes to make a point against the British. ● After the split the Congress came to be dominated by the Moderates with Tilak’s followers functioning from outside. ● The two groups reunited in December 1915. Next year the Congress and the Muslim League signed the historic Lucknow Pact and decided to work together for representative government in the country.