Chapter 7 - The Khilafat Movement

1920

The year in which about 18, 000 Muslims left for Afghanistan after selling their properties and leaving their jobs after their leaders had declared India as Dar ul Harb /a land under the enemy rule.

Gandhi

He supported the Movement on the condition of Ahimsa /non- violence while merging his non- cooperation movement of Swaraj /self- rule.

Muslims

They wanted to keep the Khilafat alive

Treaty of Sevres

After the War, the peace treaty through which it become evident that Britain and France would punish Germany and abolish the Turkish Empire by dividing its slices among the victors.

Sultan of Turkey

the spiritual head or Khalifa of the entire Muslim world

1919

The year in which the All India Khilafat Conference took place

Sir James Meston

He ordered the demolition of the eastern part of a mosque in Kanpur

1922

The year in which the violence at Chauri Chaura took place

22

Number of policemen that were burnt alive at Chauri Chaura in 1922

18,000

In 1920, the number of Muslims that left for Afghanistan

Kemal Attaturk

He drove the last nail in the coffin of the Khilafat Movement