Question

Which of the following statements are true?

1.The Khilafat movement (1919-1924) was an agitation by Indian Muslims allied with Indian nationalism in the years following World War I.

2.Its purpose was to protest against the British government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the war.

3.Muhammad Ali, Shaukat Ali , Hakkim Ajmal Khan ,Moulana Abdul Kalam Azad ,Hazrath Mohani were the main leaders of Khilafat committee.

• A. 1 only
• B. 1,2 only
• C. 1,3 only
• D. 1,2 and 3.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. 1,2 and 3.

The Khilafat movement or the Caliphate movement, also known as the Indian Muslim movement (1919–24), was a pan-Islamist political protest campaign launched by Muslims of British India led by Shaukat Ali, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Hakim Ajmal Khan,and Abul Kalam Azad to restore the caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate, who was considered the leader of the Muslims, as an effective political authority. It was a protest against the sanctions placed on the caliph and the Ottoman Empire after the First World War by the Treaty of Sèvres.