Which one of the following characteristics does NOT describe the Khilafat movement ........

History (NDA) Modern History ( 1857-1947)

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Which one of the following characteristics does NOT describe the Khilafat movement?

Mahatma Gandhi sought to link it to the Non-Cooperation movement.

It was not supported by the Congress.

It demanded that the Turkish Sultan must retain control over Muslim sacred spaces in the erstwhile Ottoman empire.

It was led by Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali.

Explanation:

The Khilafat movement (1919-1924) was an agitation by Indian Muslims allied with Indian nationalism in the years following World War I. Its purpose was to pressure the British government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the war.