During whose rule in India did the Khilafat movement begin?
(A) Lord Mountbatten
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Chelmsford
(D) Lord Curzon
Correct Answer : Lord Chelmsford
Question Asked : SSC Junior Engineer (Civil) Exam 2018
Explanation : Lord Chelmsford served as Governor General and Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921. Important events during his tenure included Lucknow Pact (1916), Khilafat Movement, Emergence of Gandhi as national leader, passing of Rowlatt Act and Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy (1919), Non-Cooperation Movement, Third Afghan War and Treaty of Rawalpindi, August Declaration (1917), Montague-Chelmsford Reforms (1919).
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