Whst was khilafat movement

Khilafat movement was initiated under the leadership of the two Ali brothers namely Mohammed Ali and Shaukat Ali-Maulana Azad, Hakim Ajmal Khan and Hasrat Mohani. The movement was started to support the Sultan of Turkey whom The Muslim population in India considered their religious head.

The Khilafatists had formed a three-point programme

• The Ottoman Caliph: He should retain his empire
• The Caliph must be provided with sufficient territory so as to enable him to defeat the Islamic faith
• The Arab lands that is Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Palestine must stay under the Muslim rule.

On October 17, 1919, throughout “Khilafat Day’ was observed

The Khilafat movement was launched by Muslims in India to persuade the British government and rather not to abolish the caliphate. The leaders of this Khilafat movement accepted the non-cooperation movement of Gandhiji and led a joint protest against the British.