Question

why was khilafat commitee formed​

Answer 1

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• While the Rowlatt Satyagraha was taking place, Mahatma Gandhi wanted to launch a widespread movement, all over India.

• He thought that no such movement will be taking place without bringing the Hindus and the Muslims together. So Gandhiji took up the Khilafat issue.

• The first world war ended with the defeat of Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Turkey was the head of Islamic world i.e Khalifa.

• There were rumours spread that a harsh peace treaty was to be signed by the Ottoman Empire accepting their defeat.

• A Khilafat Comitee was formed in Bombay ( currently named Mumbai ) in 1919.

• The heads of this Comitee were Muhammad Ali & Shaukat Ali.

• Finally there was a Culcutta session held on September 1920, where it was decided that the Congress would be starting a worldwide Satyagraha on the Khilafat issue.