With reference to the ‘Khilafat Movement’, choose the incorrect state…

The correct answer is Option (4) → They demanded that the Turkish Sultan or Khalifa must not retain control over the Muslim sacred places

Option (1) It was a movement of Indian Muslims, led by Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali — Correct. The Khilafat Movement (1919-1920) was a movement of Indian Muslims led by the brothers Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali.

Option (2) The Congress supported the movement and Mahatma Gandhi sought to conjoin it to the Non-cooperation Movement — Correct. Gandhiji hoped that by joining non-cooperation with Khilafat, Hindus and Muslims could together bring an end to colonial rule.

Option (3) They demanded that the ‘jazirat-ul-Arab’ (Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Palestine) must remain under Muslim sovereignty — Correct. This was one of the movement’s three demands.

Option (4) They demanded that the Turkish Sultan or Khalifa must not retain control over the Muslim sacred places — Incorrect. The demand was the reverse: the Khalifa must retain control over the Muslim sacred places of the old Ottoman empire. The movement was formed to defend the Khalifa, not to take his control away.