Question

explain the issue behind the Khilafat movement

Answer 1

The Khilafat movement (1919–1924), initiated by Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, was a mass movementagainst the reduction of the temporal powers of Caliph (the teligious head of the Islamic world) after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey during the First World War.

Answer 2

Answer:

1.)The First World War had ended with the defeat of Ottoman Turkey.

(2) There were rumors that a harsh peace treaty was going to be imposed on the Ottoman emperor — the spiritual head of the Islamic world the Khalifa.

(3) ‘To defend the Khalifa’s temporal powers, a Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in March 1919.

(4) After the Rowlatt Act, Mahatma Gandhi felt the need to launch a wide-spread movement in India.

(5) To bring the Hindus and Muslims closer, he felt, to take the Khilafat issue.

(6) Muslim leaders Muhammad Ali and Shauna Ali, began discussing with Gandhi the possibilities of a united mass action on the issue.

(7) Later at Calcutta Session in September 1920, Gandhi convinced the leaders in Congress, to start a Non-Cooperation Movement in support of Khilafat.