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who khilafat movement launched and why was movement launched

Answer 1

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Khilafat movement during the Rowlatt Satyagraha, Mahatma Gandhi felt that need to launch a more wide Movement in India but he was sure that no such movement could be organised without bringing the Hindus and Muslims closer together. one way of doing this he felt to take up the Khilafat issue. the first world war had ended with the defeat of Ottoman Turkey.

there was rumour that has peace Treaty was going to be imposed on the Ottoman Emperor, who was the spiritual head of Islamic World after the first world war. the Muslims of India decided to force Britain to change her Turkish policy.

A Khilafat committee was formed under the leadership of Maulana Azad, Hakim Ajmal Khan and Hasrat mohani. Muslim leaders Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali began discussing with Mahatma Gandhi about the possibility of United mass action on the issue. Gandhiji so this as in an opportunity of uniting Hindus and Muslim as they would not arise in a hundred years.


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Answer 2

1. The Khilafat Movement was launched by Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali. Gandhiji saw this as an opportunity to bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement. At the Calcutta Session of the Congress in September 1920, he convinced other leaders to start a Non-Cooperation Movement in support of Khilafat Movement.
2.  The Khilafat Movement was launched by Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali. Gandhiji saw this as an opportunity to bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement. At the Calcutta Session of the Congress in September 1920, he convinced other leaders to start a Non-Cooperation Movement in support of Khilafat Movement.
3. There was a fear that the power of the spiritual head of the Islamic world (Khalifa) would be curtailed. To defend his power, a Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in 1919. The Khilafat leaders put pressure . upon the British Government to give better treatment to Turkey.