Intro
The Mirza family has always been politically motivated. In 1919-1921, they bragged about working against Ghandi and the non-cooperation movement, they even admitted that Ahmadi’s kept their shops open during the turmoil and at a great financial loss. When the First Round Table Conference was announced to be held from November 1930 to January 1931, the 2nd Khalifa wrote an article on 23 June 1930, just a night before the publication of the second volume of the Simon Commission Report. In this article, the 2nd Khalifa gave valuable guidance to the British government and Indian Muslims. The 2nd Khalifa then wrote another article to be sent to England for the conference, in which he gave detailed analysis on the Simon Commission Report, and presented his view of what step the British government should take going forward. As the commission had no Indian member, Congress and other political parties boycotted it. Even some prominent Muslim leaders like Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Muhammad Ali Jauhar held the same opinion.
In 1927, the 2nd Khalifa wrote a booklet on 8 December 1927, titled Musalmanan-e-Hind Ke Imtehan Ka Waqt (A Time of Trial for the Indian Muslims), wherein he advised Muslims that the boycott would be more detrimental for Muslims, compared to the Hindus.
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