Question

In which of the following cities was the Khilafat Committee formed in March 1919?
1. Calcutta (now Kolkata)
2. Bombay (now Mumbai)
3. Lahore (now in Pakistan)
4. Madras (now Chennai)

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Bombay (now Mumbai)

The Correct Answer is "Bombay (now Mumbai)".

• The Khilafat Movement was an agitation started by Indian Muslims in 1919.
• It aims is to oppose the move by the British government to abolish the Ottoman Caliphate after the Turkish Empire was dissolved in the aftermath of World War I.
• Khilafat Committee formed in March 1919 in Mumbai.
• Sarfraz Arzoo, acting chairman, AIKC, displayed pictures of the Ali family and the first procession from Khilafat House, originally Chhotani House in Masjid Bunder, to Haj House.
• The Khilafat House office also contains a 100-year-old collection of minutes of meetings signed by several leaders of the movement, including MK Gandhi, C Rajagopalachari, and Maulvi Abdul Qazum.
• Sultan of Turkey become taken into consideration as Khalifa of Islam through Indian Muslims.
• A campaign in defense of the caliphate was launched, led in India by the brothers Shaukat and Muḥammad ʿAlī and by Abul Kalam Azad. 
• Mahatma Gandhi joined the Khilafat movement. 

• Mahatma Gandhi attempted in the Khilafat movement, which used a Muslim grievance to launch a nationalist movement against the British.