Reasons for Start:
The Indian %%Muslims wanted to keep the Khilafat alive%%.
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They had a special respect for the Turkish/Ottoman Empire as the %%Sultan of Turkey was also the spiritual head or Khalifa of the entire Muslim world.%%
He was the %%custodian of all the holy places%% of Islam in Arabia and other Middle Eastern states.
Therefore, any punishment of Turkey meant an insult of the Khalifa and that tantamounted to hurting the religious sentiments of the Muslims.
Therefore, in an attempt to maintain the respect and its Khalifa, the %%prominent religious leaders of India%%, like the Ali brothers, hastily %%organized the All-India Khilafat Conference in 1919.%%
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Finally the Indian Muslims had long been developing fears about the British policy towards them not only in India but in other parts of the world, too.
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Reasons for Failure:
The Movement was %%not well organized.%%
%%In August 1920, 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.%%
Finally, the last nail in the coffin of the Khilafat Movement was driven by the %%Turkish Military leader Kemal Attaturk%% (Mustafa Kemal Pasha).
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