2021Q25National Movement: 1919-1934 (Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement and Other Forces at Work)
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The Khilafat movement was started under the leadership __________.
Topic: The Khilafat Movement
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Answer
Exam answer
(a) Ali Brothers.
Explanation
The Khilafat Movement was led by the Ali brothers — Maulana Mohammad Ali and Maulana Shaukat Ali — with Maulana Azad and others. It protested against the harsh treatment of Turkey after the First World War and the removal of the Sultan, who was the Khalifa of the Muslims. Option (d) is wrong by period as well as by person: Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan died in 1898, twenty years before the movement, and had urged Muslims to stay LOYAL to the British.
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Ali Brothers.
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