Who started the Sufi sect in India?

The correct answer is Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

Key Points

• Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti came to India in 1192 CE and afterwards, he started the Sufi sect in India.
• After visiting many places in India, he settled permanently in Ajmer.
• The tomb of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer is known as Ajmer Sharif’.
• His disciples or devotees recall him by the names of ‘Khwaja Sahib’ or ‘Garib Nawaz’.
• Chishti sect considers music as the important source of displaying love for God. 

Thus, we can conclude that the Sufi sect was started by Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

Additional Information

• Baba Farid was a Sunni Muslim and was one of the founding fathers of the Chishti Sufi order.
• Shaikh Nuruddin, also known as Nund Rishi was a Kashmiri Sufi saint, mystic, poet and Islamic preacher. Nund Reshi was among the founders of the Rishi order, a Sufi tradition of the region.
• Amir Khusro was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar who lived under the Delhi Sultanate. He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent.