Who among the following was one of the leaders who were instrumental in convincing Mahatma Gandhi about the need to start a non-cooperation movement in support of The Khilafat?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Shaukat Ali.

Key Points

Shaukat Ali was instrumental in convincing Mahatma Gandhi about the need to start a non-cooperation movement in support of The Khilafat.
This Khilafat movement was launched in Defence of the Caliphate, led in India by the two Brothers Muḥammad and Shaukat Ali and by Abul Kalam Azad.
Some of the leaders joined Forces with Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement for Indian freedom, promising Non-Violence in return for his support of the Khilafat Movement.
The Khilafat Movement was started to support the Sultan of Turkey whom the population of Muslims in India considered their Religious Head.
The three main objectives of the movement were:
- The Ottoman Caliphate should retain its Empire in Turkey.
- The Caliph must be provided with sufficient Territory so as to enable him to defeat the Islamic Faith all around the world.
- The Arab lands that are Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and Arabia, must stay under Muslim rule.

Additional Information

Mohammad Ali Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. He became the first Minister of Education in the Indian government.
Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun independence activist against British colonial rule in India. He was called the Frontier Gandhi.