what was Khilafat movement
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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 Khalifa). To defend the Khalifa’s temporal powers, a Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in March 1919. A young generation of Muslim leaders like the brothers Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, began discussing with Mahatma Gandhi about the possibility of a united mass action on the issue. This turned to be a movement called Khilafat Movement. It was started with Non Cooperation Movement.
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The programme of the kalifat movement included resignation from the government services, boycott of councils, refusal to pay taxes and refusal to join the army
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