Question

4 Why
did
Gandhi ji
decide to
Support Khilafat movements for 5 marks​

Answer 1

Answer:

So,Indian Muslims felt that whatever happened in Turkey is an insult to them and they started “Khilafat movement” against Britishers. Mahatma Gandhi thought that the anger of the Muslims against Britishers can be used to bring them in to independence movement and supported the movement.

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Answer 2

Answer:

While the Rowlatt Satyagrah had been a widespread movement, it was still limited mostly to cities and towns. Mahatma Gandhi now felt the need to launch a more broad-based movement in India. But he was certain that no such movement could be organised without bringing the Hindus and Muslims closer together. One way of doing this, he felt, was to take up the Khilafat issue. To defend the Khalifa's temporal powers, a Khilafat Committe was formed in Bombay in March 1919. A young generation of Muslim leaders like the brothers Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, began discussing with Mahatma Gandhi about the possibility of a united mass action on the issue. Gandhiji saw this as an opportunity to bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement.

So at the Calcutta Session of the Congress in September 1920, he convinced other leaders of the need to start a Non-Cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as for Swaraj. Thus Mahatma Gandhi decided to support the Khilafat Movement.

Hence, the Khilafat

Non-Cooperation movement was started.