Question

What was issue behind the Khilafat movement? Why did Gandhi ji support this? (3marks)

Answer 1

The Khilafat movement (1919–1924), initiated by Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, was a mass movement against 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. Gandhiji supported this movement as he saw this as an oppurtunity to bring the Hindus and the Muslims under the united shade of mass struggle to fight against the political evils conducted by the British.

Answer 2

* first world war ended with the defeat of ottoman turks with a harsh treaty of khilafa.

*the defend khilafa's power khilafit community was formedin 1919 as he was considered as a spirtual head of m̾u̾s̾i̾l̾m̾s̾.

*g̾a̾n̾d̾h̾i̾j̾i̾ s̾u̾p̾p̾o̾r̾t̾e̾d̾ i̾t̾ b̾e̾c̾a̾u̾s̾e̾ h̾e̾ s̾a̾w̾ i̾t̾ a̾s̾ a̾n̾ o̾p̾p̾o̾r̾t̾u̾n̾i̾t̾y̾ t̾o̾ b̾r̾i̾n̾g̾ m̾u̾s̾l̾i̾m̾s̾ u̾n̾d̾e̾r̾ t̾h̾e̾ u̾m̾b̾r̾e̾l̾l̾a̾ o̾f̾ a̾ u̾n̾i̾f̾i̾e̾d̾ n̾a̾t̾i̾o̾n̾a̾l̾ m̾o̾v̾e̾m̾e̾n̾t̾. t̾h̾i̾s̾ m̾o̾v̾e̾m̾e̾n̾t̾ w̾a̾s̾ i̾n̾i̾t̾i̾a̾t̾e̾d̾ b̾y̾ m̾o̾h̾a̾m̾m̾e̾d̾ a̾l̾i̾ a̾n̾d̾ s̾h̾o̾u̾k̾a̾t̾ a̾l̾i̾ ..

h̾o̾p̾e̾ t̾h̾i̾s̾ h̾e̾l̾p̾s̾..