History · Society and Culture
UGC NET June 2024 History (Cancelled)
The Roshanai movement was associated with which region?
ABahamani
BGolkonda
CBengal
DNorth-West ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) North-West — The answer is the North-West.
Explanation
★The answer is the North-West.
★The Roshaniya or Roshnai sect was founded by Pir Bayazid Khan in the sixteenth century.
★Its region was the North-West, present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
★It emerged among the Pashtun tribes.
★It was a mystical movement that also took a militant turn against Mughal rule.
★So the Roshanai movement belongs to the North-West, not Bengal or the Deccan.
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