Question

what was khilafat issue in short

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Answer:

the first world war had ended with the defeat of ottoman turkey and there were rumours that a harsh peace treaty was going to be imposed on the ottoman emperor- the spiritual head of the Islamic world (the khilafa) to defend the khilafa's temporal powers , a khilafat committee was formed in Bombay in march 1919 by Muslim leaders like the brothers Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali ....

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