Who among the following was elected as the President of All-India Khilafat Conference met at Delhi in 1919?

Mahatma Gandhi was elected as the President of the All-India Khilafat Conference held in Delhi on November 23, 1919 [t1][t2]. Although the Khilafat movement was initiated and led by Muslim leaders like the Ali brothers (Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali) to protect the Ottoman Caliphate, Gandhi saw it as a unique opportunity to unite Hindus and Muslims against British rule [c1][c2][t2]. At the Delhi conference, Gandhi proposed the policy of non-cooperation and the boycott of British goods, which the committee adopted [t2][t4]. His leadership at this conference was a precursor to the formal launch of the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920, as he successfully integrated the Khilafat issue into the broader national struggle for Swaraj [c1][t4]. Other leaders like Motilal Nehru and M.A. Jinnah were involved in contemporary political developments but did not preside over this specific 1919 Delhi conference [c3][t6].

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