The Khilafat movement (1919-1924) was an agitation by Indian Muslims allied with Indian nationalism in the years following World War I. Its purpose was to pressure the British government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the war.
2. What is khilafat Movement?
How did khilafat movement start?
Goals of Khilafat movement
Hindus involvment
Treaty of severes
None Cooperation Movement
Chauri-chaura incident
Migration to Afghanistan
Mustafa kamal atta turk/ End of
khilafat Movement
3. Khilafat movemnet was the socio-religio movemnt
that was launched in sub-continent to protect the
ottomon empire which were going to be captured by
the British government after the first world war .
It was the Movement that was started by Ali brothers
moulana Muhammad Ali jauhar and Moulana shaukat
ali.
4. Khilafat Movement was started in 1919 because of the
world war 1 which were started in 1914 to 1918 in this
war there were two powers like Allied power and
central power.
Allied power ------- Central power
British empire Germany
Australia ottoman empire
U k Hungary
5. 1) Ottoman empire should be kept
intact
2) Preserved the territorial solidarity
3) Control of holy places will not be
given to non Muslims
6. Ghandhi also supported movement
for the short period of time yet
retreat when British started an
aggressive approach to the
movement.
7. It was decided by the treaty of severes that allies can
occupy any part of turkey at will. The new state of
Armenia was established and Syria Iraq and Jordan
would be separated from the ottoman empire.
Muslims were not happy over this treaty and
development in turkey.
8.
9. Under Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership, the movement
aimed at resisting British rule through non-violence.
Activists refused to buy British goods, used only local
handicrafts, and picketed liquor shops. The goal was to
uphold Indian honor and integrity in a peaceful manner.
Thousands of common citizens rallied for the cause and
it was the first large scale movement in the history
of India’s independence
10. Chauri Chaura is a small village in the Gorakhpur
district of Uttar Pradesh. On 5 February 1922, the
police stationed there fired at a group of
demonstrators. The demonstrators retaliated by
burning down the police station, which caused the
death of twenty-two policemen.
Gandhiji had all through the movement emphasized
on peace and non-violence. This incident, deeply hurt
him and he called off the movement. On 10 March
1922, he was arrested and sentenced to six years
imprisonment
11. The Hijrat Movement made the Muslims disillusioned
with the Khilafat Movement due to the declaration of
India as Darul-Harab. A large number of Muslims
migrated from Sindh and N.W.F.P to Afghanistan. The
Afghan authorities did not allow them to cross the
border. After this tragic event those who had
advocated the Hijrat movement come to realize their
mistake which resulted in failure of movement.
12. In 1924, Kamal Ataturk set up a government
on democratic basis in Turkey by abolishing
Khilafat as a system of government which
served a finishing blow to Khilafat
Movement in India and people had lost
whatever interest that they had in the
movement.
