Question
Why did the Indian Muslims start the Khilafat Movement?

Answer

  • (1)The Sultan of Turkey was the ‘Khalifa i.e. the supreme head of the Muslims in the world.
  • (2)The Sultan had entered the First World War and was defeated in the war.
  • (3)The peace treaty had imposed very humiliating conditions on Turkey which infuriated Muslims In India.
  • (4) They wanted the conditions imposed on the Khalifa to be lightened by England. Therefore, the Indian Muslims started the Khilafat Movement.

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