What is correct about the Khilafat Movement in India?

Correct option is B

The correct answer is (b) It was a movement in support of the Turkish Sultan.

Explanation:

• Khilafat movement, pan-Islamic force in India that arose in 1919 in an effort to salvage the Ottoman caliph as a symbol of unity among the Muslim community in India during the British raj.
• The movement was initially bolstered by Gandhi’s noncooperation movement but fell apart after the abolition of the caliphate in 1924.

Information Booster: Though the Khilafat Movement was merged and subsumed under the larger movement, the Non-cooperation Movement and the issue of Khilafat itself were diluted due to the political reforms of Mustafa Kamal Pasha in Turkey. It still holds importance on a number of fronts.

• Urban Muslims were attracted to the Indian national movement.
• Hindu-Muslim unity was strengthened, and this was reflected in the extent of participation in the Non-cooperation Movement.
• Nationalist sentiments politicised every segment of the population, including women, traders, urban poor, students, peasants, artisans, and peasants.
• Congress, especially Gandhi, attracted many liberal Muslim leaders to the secular nature of the Indian freedom movement.