Question

Khilafat Movement was organized by ___________.
a. Md. Ali Jinnah
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Ali Brothers
d. Sir Agha Khan

Answer 1

Hint: The Khilafat Movement was started in 1919 in India. It was started in support for restoration of the dissolved Ottoman caliphate in Turkey.

Complete Step by Step answer: During the First World War, Turkey was a German Ally. It had fought against the British and had lost. After the defeat, the Ottoman caliphate was proposed to be abolished. Therefore, the Khilafat Movement was launched by the Muslims in India to persuade the British government not to abolish the caliphate.
The leaders of this Khilafat Movement came together with Gandhiji for the Non-Cooperation Movement and led a joint protest against the British.
Massive violence broke out in the country leading to thousands of Hindus and Muslims dead. A number of temples and mosques got destroyed too. The Khilafat Movement invoked communal feelings in Moplahs in Malabar (Kerala). It became a movement that was against the British and the Hindu landlords of Malabar.
Looking at the options given:
Option a- Md. Ali Jinnah served as the leader of All India Muslim League and he was the founder of Pakistan. So, this answer is wrong.
Option b- Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of the Non-Cooperation Movement for fighting against the British rule on India. He didn’t organize the Khilafat Movement.
Option c- Ali Brothers- Shaukat and Mohammed Ali were the organizers of the Khilafat Movement for defending the Ottoman caliphate in Turkey in 1919. This is the correct answer.
Option d- Sir Agha Khan was the founder and the first permanent President of All India Muslim League. So, this is also the correct answer.
Hence, option ‘c’ is the correct answer.

Note: The rebellion was crushed by a British battalion called the Malabar Special Force in the year 1921 and it was not a successful movement because the caliphate was dissolved in Turkey.