how important was the khilafat movement? 14 marks
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The combined Khilafat Non-Cooperation movement was the first all-India agitation against British rule. It saw an unprecedented degree of Hindu-Muslim cooperation and it established Gandhi and his technique of non-violent protest (satyagraha) at the center of the Indian nationalist movement.
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Khilafat agitation essentialy was against Sykes Picot agreement to divide ottoman empire between Entente powers.Anatolia was proposed to be divided among Russians, Greeks,Italians, French ,British. However bolsheviks who came to power opposed partition .They published full text of the secret plan . USA too vehemently opposed the plan Arrogant Greeks tried to act alone .But were exterminated by Turks under Kemal Pasha .Sykes Picot plan was implemented in Arab areas of Syria,Mesopotamia, Palestine,.However in India movement assumed religious color when it was rumored that Ottonan Caliphate was to be abolished so that muslims will be rendered leaderless .It Kemal Pasha not Brits who abolished Caliphate. Gandhi supported the secular part of the agitation. He is still being criticized.for that .