State the purpose of the Khilafat Movement.
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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.
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Khilafat movement was initiated under the leadership of the two Ali brothers, namely Mohammed Ali and Shaukat Ali-Maulana Azad, Hakim Ajmal Khan and Hasrat Mohani. The action was started to support the Sultan of Turkey, whom The Muslim population in India considered their religious head.
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