Assertion (A) : The sponsor and the most prominent figure of the Chisti order of Sufis in India is Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. Reason (R) : The Chisti order takes its name from a village Chisti in Ajmer. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A) is true: Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti (often called Gharib Nawaz) is the most revered Chishti saint in India and his Ajmer dargah has been a major center of pilgrimage for centuries [1]. Reason (R) is false: the Chishti order takes its name not from a village in Ajmer but from the town of Chisht (near Herat) in Afghanistan — the silsila is named after that place of origin [2]. Historical summaries also note that Moinuddin Chishti introduced and established the Chishti tradition in the Indian subcontinent, which explains his prominence in India but does not support R’s claim about the name deriving from Ajmer.

Sources

1. [1] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART II, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 6: Bhakti-Sufi Traditions > 7.2 Chishti devotionalism: ziyarat and qawwali > p. 155
2. [2] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART II, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 6: Bhakti-Sufi Traditions > Names of silsilas > p. 153