India, Aug. 8 -- The movement ignited the spirit of Dar-ul-Islam among Muslims.

Mahatma Gandhi, who started his political career in India with the short-lived campaign against the Rowlatt Act, had, according to Dr Ambedkar, "startled the people of India by his promise to win Swaraj within six months". And "Hindu-Muslim" unity was one of the "condition precedents" laid down by him. Dr Ambedkar further says: "The (Khilafat) movement was started by the Mohammedans. It was taken up by Mr Gandhi with tenacity and faith, which might have surprised many Mohammedans themselves. There were many people who doubted the ethical basis of the Khilafat movement and tried to dissuade Mr Gandhi taking any part in the Movement the ethical basis of which ...