INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MOVEMENT

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Wahabi movement aimed to organize Muslims around two-fold ideas, which of the following forms the ideas among them? I. Harmony among 4 schools of Muslim which was divided at that time II. Recognition of the role of individual conscience in religion as conflicting interpretations was derived from Quran and other practices Options are
A
Only I
B
Only II
C
Both I and II
D
None of the above stated
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The aim of the Wahabi movement was to overthrow the SIkhs in Punjab and by extension the British all over India and restore the lost glory of the erstwhile Muslim rulers of the subcontinent.

Detailed explanation-2: -Founded by Sayyid Ahmad (1786-1831) of Rae Bareli, the Wahhabi Movement in India was a vigorous movement for socio-religious reforms in Indo-Islamic society in the nineteenth century with strong political undercurrents.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Wahabi movement started in India around 1820. Centred in Patna, Bihar, it was an Islamic revivalist movement that emphasized condemning any deviation from the original Islam and returning to its true spirit. Syed Ahmed Barelvi led the movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -The important centre of the Wahabi movement in India was Patna. It also had its missions in Hyderabad, Madras, Bengal, UP and Bombay. It was founded by Syed Ahmed Barelvi.

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