O-Level History and Culture of Pakistan Paper 1 Khilafat Movement

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Reasons to start it:

After World War 2, British decided to break the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Empire held great importance to Muslims in India and so they wanted to protect it and save the Khalifa.

Because the Holy places of Muslims were in the Ottoman Empire so their was a great threat that British might harm Holt places of Muslims.

Reasons of its failure:

Because of many reasons the movement failed.

Withdrawl of Gandhi:

Hindus had been cooperating in this movement by performing their own non co-operation to British. An incident at Chora Chori where many hindus were killed caused Gandhi to withdraw with his Hindu force which weakened the Movement’s strength.

Hijrat Movement:

Because many Muslims tried to migrate towards Afghanistan but were not allowed in the country so they had to return to find their properties plundered and captured by Hindus. This increased rifts between the 2 nations and also weakened the Movement as Muslims did not have the strength to take part in it.

Moplah Uprising:

Some Muslims Peasants in South India attacked and destroyed a police station and killed many Hindus. British was angered by this Uprising and so they became firm on their decision.

Declaration of Turkey:

Turkey itself declared itself independent when Kamal Ataturk removed the Khalifa and so the purpose of the movement failed and it ended.