Correct Answer:
A. Ubaid Ullah Sindhi
The correct answer is Ubaid Ullah Sindhi. The Silk Letter Movement (Reshmi Rumal Tehreek) was an anti-British conspiracy during World War I, primarily initiated by Maulana Ubaid Ullah Sindhi and Maulana Mahmud al-Hasan. The movement aimed to overthrow British rule in India by forming an alliance with Afghanistan and Ottoman Turkey, sending secret letters written on silk cloth to various leaders. It represented a significant pan-Islamic and anti-colonial effort.
- Maulana Shaukat Ali and Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar were prominent leaders of the Khilafat Movement, which emerged later, advocating for the protection of the Ottoman Caliphate and Indian Muslim rights, but they did not initiate the Silk Letter Movement.
- None of these is incorrect as Ubaid Ullah Sindhi is the correct initiator.