HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF KHILAFAT MOVEMENT: ROWLATT ACT CONTRIBUTION:
The government government of India Act Act of 1919 fell short of the expectations expectations of the Indian political parties. It introduced introduced diarchy in the provinces, provinces, which meant subjects were to be divided into reserved and transferred. The reserved were to be administered by nominated inisters and then transferred transferred by the elected ones. !hile at the center, the "ritish #overnor #eneral remained sole authority. The people could not accept this after the imposition of unsatisfactory $owlatt Act and the atrocities in%icted on the people of &unjab. WORLD WAR 1 AND THE FALL OF OTTOMON EMPIRE:
'uring !orld !ar I, the (ttoman )mpire *Tur+ey joined the war in favour of #ermany. "ut Tur+ey and #ermany lost the war and a pact commonly +nown as Istanbul Accord was concluded between the Allied -orces on rd /ovember 1910. According to this &act the territories of Tur+ey Tur+ey were to be divided among among -rance, -rance, #reece #reece and "ritain. "ritain. After the -irst !orld !ar in 1910, "ritish and its allied powers decided to divide Tur+ey among themselves. Tur+ey supported #ermany in the -irst !orld !ar. #ermany lost the war and Tur+ey had to face the music. "ritish and its allies also resolved to dissolve the designation of hilafat. The designation of hilafat always remained holy and sacred in the uslim history. . (ttoman 2aliphate The hilafat movement *191931945 was a pan6Islamic, political protest campaign campaign launched by uslims in "ritish India to in%uence the "ritish government government and to protect the (ttoman )mpire during the aftermath of !orld !ar I. The position of 2aliph after the Armistice of udros of (ctober 1910 with the military occupation of Istanbul and Treaty of 7ersailles *1919 fell into a disambiguation along with the (ttoman )mpires existence. In India, although mainly a uslim uslim religious movement, the movement became a part of the wider Indian independence movement. The movement was a topic in -ebruary -ebruary 1948 2onference of ondon. The movement gained force after the Treaty of :evres *August 1948 which imposed the partitioning of the (ttoman )mpire and gave #reece a powerful position in Anatolia, to the distress of the Tur+s. They called
for help and the movement was the result. The movement collapsed by late 1944 when Tur+ey gained a more favorable diplomatic position; by 1945 it simply abolished the roles of sultan and 2alif. The cause of the (ttoman monarch evo+ed religious passion and sympathy amongst Indian uslims. "eing a 2aliph, the (ttoman emperor was nominally the supreme religious and political leader of all uslims across the world. SUBCONTINENTS REACTION TOWARDS THE DEMOLITION OF KHILAFAT:
The demolition of the tur+ish empires send shoc+wares in the islamic world along the subcontinent.as calipahte was considered as holy by the muslims.As famous muslim leader In 1948, a , aulana Abul alam A
!ithout the 2aliphate, the existence of Islam is not possible, the uslims of India with all their e?ort and power need to wor+ for this.@
