Question

The Deoband Movement in U. P. (United Province) started in the year
1. 1900 A. D.
2. 1888 A. D.
3. 1885 A. D.
4. 1866 A. D.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : 1866 A. D.

The correct answer is 1866 A.D.

• Deoband Movement was started in Deoband in Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.
• It was launched in 1866 by Mohammad Qasim Nanotavi and Rashid Ahmed Gangohi.
• Objective: To abolish British rule and restore the Muslim Community by educating them.
• It was initiated by the orthodox section among the Muslim community.
• It was formed for the moral and religious regeneration of the Muslim community.
• The education was given in the Islamic religion.

• Deoband school had supported the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885.
• It had issued a fatwa against Syed Ahmed Khan's organizations in 1888.
• The new leader, Mahmud-ul-Hasan focussed on imparting the political and intellectual content to the religious ideas of the school.
• The whole movement was controlled by Darul Uloom Deoband and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind.