Question

When and where khilafat committee was formed what was its objective?

Answer 1

(1) It was formed in March, 1919 in Bombay. (2) Objective of Khilafat Committee : (i) To defend the temporal powers of the Khalifa of Turkey, the spiritual head of Islamic world. (ii) To avert a harsh peace treaty (which was in apprenhension) to be imposed on the Ottoman empire.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. The Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in March 1919.

• Mahatma Gandhi felt the need to launch a broad-based movement to defend the Khalifa’s temporal powers and to oppose the harsh treaty imposed on the Ottoman empire after the First World War.
• Gandhiji saw the Khilafat movement as a great opportunity to bring Hindu and Muslim communities together under the umbrella of a unified national

movement.