Question

Explain the purpose of initiating "The Khilafat Movement" by the Muslims of India, to what extent was it successful?

Answer 1

Answer:

Khilafat movement, pan-Islamic force in India that arose in 1919 in an effort to salvage the Ottoman ... sultan and caliph (1918–20) during the nascence of the Khilafat movement in India .

Answer 2

Explanation:

The Khilafat movement (1919-1924) was an agitation by Indian Muslims allied with Indian nationalism in the years following World War I. Its purpose was to pressure the British government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the war.