the role of indian ulama in anti -colonial struggle ?
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he religious and political concerns of many Indian Muslims were reflected in the upsurge over the Khilafat issue and in the movement leading to the partition of India. These trends were not mutually exclusive. The ideology of many Khilafat leaders, as articulated by a section of the ulama, was an important strand in Muslim political thought which provided sustenance to Muslim separatism in the 1940s. The pan-Islamic upsurge, which emphasised the political and religious unity of all Muslims, was symptomatic of a new found communal consciousness and confidence which, combined with other factors, were to sweep many Muslims into a ready acceptance of the two-nation theory. In this respect, the Khilafat campaign was not only based on a wrong and romantic ideology, but was also a landmark in the evolution of a separate Muslim identity.