The Khilafat movement was started by
| The Khilafat movement was started by
A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B. Dr. Zakir Hussain
C. Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
D. Ali Brothers
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Right Answer is: D
SOLUTION
The correct answer is Ali Brothers.
About the Khilafat Movement:
- This campaign was launched in Defence of the Caliphate, led in India by the two Brothers Muḥammad and Shaukat Ali and by Abul Kalam Azad.
- Some of the leaders Joined Forces with Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement for Indian freedom, Promising Non-Violence in return for his support of the Khilafat Movement.
- The Khilafat Movement was started to support the Sultan of Turkey whom the population of Muslims in India considered their Religious Head.
- The movement has three main objectives they were:
- The Ottoman Caliphate should retain his Empire in Turkey.
- The Caliph must be provided with sufficient Territory so as to enable him to defeat the Islamic Faith all around the world.
- The Arab lands that are Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and Arabia, must stay under the Muslim rule.
- The 'Khilafat Movement Day' was observed on 17th October 1919.
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