INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who among the following was elected as the President of All India Khilafat Conference met in Delhi in 1919?
A
Mahatma Gandhi
B
Motilal Nehru
C
Shaukat Ali
D
M A Jinnah
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gandhiji was elected President of the All-India Khilafat Conference which met at Delhi on November 23, 1919. They decided to withdraw all cooperation from the government if their demands were not met.

Detailed explanation-2: -PM Pookoya Tangal was the President of Khilafat committee in Kerala. The Khilafat movement was a political protest campaign launched by Muslims of India to influence the British government not to abolish the Ottoman Caliphate.

Detailed explanation-3: -2. The Nagpur session of Indian National Congress in 1920 made changes in the constitution of the Congress.

Detailed explanation-4: -To counter this, Indian Muslims launched the Khilafat Movement under the leadership of Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, popularly known as the Ali brothers.

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