Question

What was the period of the Khilafat movement?
a) 1916-1920
b) 1919-1922
c) 1922-1926
d) 1925-1930

Answer 1

Hint:
> The campaign was initiated by Muslims in India to convince the British government not to abolish the caliphate.
> The leaders of the Khilafat movement accepted Gandhi's non-cooperation movement and led a joint protest against the British.
> It was a protest against the restrictions levied by the Treaty of Sèvres on the Caliph and the Ottoman Empire after the First World War.

Complete answer:
The Khilafat movement was one of the most important movements for India to liberate itself from the British Raj. The movement was started under the leadership of the two Ali brothers, Mohammed Ali and Shaukat Ali-Maulana. The movement began to support the Sultan of Turkey because the Muslim population considered him their religious leader.

October 17, 1919, was proclaimed the day of Khilafat, and then the Khilafat movement was initiated and brought South Asia under the leadership of the Ali brothers. In September 1920, at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress, various measures were included in the British boycott programme. In 1921, the Khilafat Committee released a letter to all Muslims for not entering the police and armed forces and for not paying taxes
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The unfortunate disaster of Chauri Chaura on 5 February 1922, when a crowd of three thousand killed twenty-five policemen and one inspector changed the course of the movement. Thus the whole movement was called off on February 12th, 1922 at the insistence of Gandhi.

Therefore, the correct answer is b

Note:
> Mahatma Gandhi saw the Khilafat movement as a great opportunity to put Hindus and Muslims together against a single collective authority of exploitation and dominance.
> Mahatma Gandhi related the 'Swaraj' proposals to the Khilafat issues and demands and adopted the Non-Cooperation Agenda to achieve the twin objectives.
> The Khilafat movement was one of the most important events in India's history of freedom struggle in terms of solidarity between Hindus and Muslims.