INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After Turkey was defeated, the British imposed a harsh treaty on the Ottoman Emperor, the Khalifa, the spiritual head of the Islamic world. To counter this, Indian Muslims launched the Khilafat Movement under the leadership of Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, popularly known as the Ali brothers.

Detailed explanation-2: -A campaign in defense of the caliphate was launched, led in India by the brothers Shaukat and Muḥammad ʿAlī and by Abul Kalam Azad. The leaders joined forces with Mahatma Gandhi’s noncooperation movement for Indian freedom, promising nonviolence in return for his support of the Khilafat movement.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Khilafat Movement was launched by Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali. The movement was aimed to unite the Muslim community under the umbrella of a unified national movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shaukat Ali (10 March 1873– 26 November 1938; Urdu: ) was an Indian Muslim member of the Khilafat Movement. He was the elder brother of the renowned political leader Mohammad Ali Jouhar.