Question:-
Write a short note on- The Khilafat Movement, The Pro Changers, Purna Swaraj
resolution.
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Write a short note on- The Khilafat Movement, The Pro Changers, Purna Swaraj resolution.
THE KHILAFAT MOVEMENT
• The Khilafat movement was organized by the Ali brothers - Muhammad Ali and
Shaukat Ali in protest against injustices done to Turkey after the first world War.
• The Khilafat leaders put pressure on the British government to give better
treatment to Turkey.
• Through this demand, Muslims were drawn into national Movement in large
numbers.
• This movement became the part of the national movement.
• The Congress leaders joined the agitation and popularized it.
The Pro Changers
• Pro changers were C. R. Das, Motilal Nehru and Vithalbhai Patel.
• They wanted the Congress to take part in the elections, join the government and
then work to destroy the working of the legislature from inside.
• They wanted to enter the legislature and them to make it impossible for the
government to function by opposing all its policies.
PURNA SWARAJ RESOLUTION
• In December 1929, the Congress held the annual session at Lahore. Jawaharlal
Nehru was the president of this session.
• In it the Congress declared ' Purns Swaraaj as it's ultimate goal.
• It asked all the Congressmen and Nationalists to resign from the legislature and
not to participate in the forthcoming election.
• It was decided that 26 January would henceforth be observed as ' Independence Day's every year.