Khilafat movement

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The Khilafat movement was a pan-Islamic, anti-colonial campaign in British India (c. 1919–1924) led mainly by Indian Muslims to pressure Britain to preserve the Ottoman Caliphate and assert Muslim political rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-colonial movement
pan-Islamic movement
political movement
social movement
aimedAt assertion of Muslim political rights in British India
preservation of the Ottoman Caliphate
protection of Muslim holy places
ally Indian National Congress
Mahatma Gandhi
country British India
endedBy abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate
reforms of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
endTime 1924
hasCause Treaty of Sèvres
defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I
dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
hasEffect expansion of non-cooperation movement
mobilization of Muslim masses in Indian politics
rise of Muslim political consciousness in India
strengthening Hindu–Muslim political cooperation
ideology anti-imperialism
pan-Islamism
influenced later Islamic political movements in South Asia
language English
Hindi
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
surface form: Abul Kalam Azad

Hasrat Mohani
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
Muhammad Ali Jauhar
Shaukat Ali
location India
opposedBy British colonial authorities in India
surface form: British colonial administration in India
opposedTo British colonial rule in India
participant Deobandi Sunni Islam
surface form: Deobandi scholars

Indian Muslims
Sunni Muslims in India
Ulema in British India
partOf Indian independence movement
publication Hamdard
The Comrade
religion Islam
significantEvent Chauri Chaura incident
surface form: Chauri Chaura incident 1922

Khilafat Conference in Delhi 1919
Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920)
surface form: Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress 1920

Non-Cooperation Movement
surface form: Non-Cooperation–Khilafat alliance 1920
startTime 1919
usedMethod boycott of British goods
civil disobedience
mass protests
non-cooperation
petitions to the British government
public meetings

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Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar movement Khilafat movement
this entity surface form: Khilafat Movement
Shaukat Ali movement Khilafat movement
this entity surface form: Khilafat Movement
Shaukat Ali associatedWith Khilafat movement
this entity surface form: All-India Khilafat Committee
Pakistan Movement influencedBy Khilafat movement
this entity surface form: Khilafat Movement
Muhammad Ali Jauhar movement Khilafat movement
Muhammad Ali Jauhar memberOf Khilafat movement
this entity surface form: All-India Khilafat Committee
Ali brothers movement Khilafat movement
this entity surface form: Khilafat Movement
Ali brothers collaboratedWith Khilafat movement
this entity surface form: All-India Khilafat Committee
Ali brothers associatedWithEvent Khilafat movement
this entity surface form: Khilafat conferences
Swami Shraddhanand participantIn Khilafat movement
this entity surface form: Khilafat–Non-Cooperation alliance period