when,why and how was the khilafat non cooperation movement launched by gandhiji? trace the people initiatives
when,why and how was the khilafat non cooperation movement launched by gandhiji? trace the people initiatives
Hi,
- Khilafat movement was a movement against the breach of faith by the British. The British had promised to recognise the Ottoman emperor as the Khalifa or the spiritual and temporal head of the Islamic world, in lieu of the support of the Indian Muslims towards the British War efforts. But post war, they breached the promise and dismantled the Khalifa. This had agitated the Muslim intelligentsia. Muhammad Ali, Shaukat Ali, Abdul Kalam Azad and sections of ulama particularly fiom Firangi Mahal, Lucknow, were at this time engaged in the Khilafat agitation.
- Gandhiji saw an opportunity in the Khilafat agitation which could unite the Hindus and Muslims in the Non cooperation movement.
Role of masses
In Kheda, Gujarat, Patidar peasants organised nonviolent campaigns against the high land revenue demand of the British.
In coastal Andhra and interior Tamil Nadu, liquor shops were picketed.
In the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, tribals and poor peasants staged a number of “forest satyagrahas”, sometimes sending their cattle into forests without paying grazing fee.
In Sind (now in Pakistan), Muslim traders and peasants were very enthusiastic about the Khilafat call.
In Bengal too, the Khilafat-Non-Cooperation alliance gave enormous communal unity and strength to the national movement.
In Punjab, the Akali agitation of the Sikhs sought to remove corrupt mahants – supported by the British – from their gurdwaras.
In Assam, tea garden labourers, shouting “Gandhi Maharaj ki Jai”, boycotted the British-owned plantations.
Hi,
- Khilafat movement was a movement against the breach of faith by the British. The British had promised to recognise the Ottoman emperor as the Khalifa or the spiritual and temporal head of the Islamic world, in lieu of the support of the Indian Muslims towards the British War efforts. But post war, they breached the promise and dismantled the Khalifa. This had agitated the Muslim intelligentsia. Muhammad Ali, Shaukat Ali, Abdul Kalam Azad and sections of ulama particularly fiom Firangi Mahal, Lucknow, were at this time engaged in the Khilafat agitation.
- Gandhiji saw an opportunity in the Khilafat agitation which could unite the Hindus and Muslims in the Non cooperation movement.
Role of masses
In Kheda, Gujarat, Patidar peasants organised nonviolent campaigns against the high land revenue demand of the British.
In coastal Andhra and interior Tamil Nadu, liquor shops were picketed.
In the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, tribals and poor peasants staged a number of “forest satyagrahas”, sometimes sending their cattle into forests without paying grazing fee.
In Sind (now in Pakistan), Muslim traders and peasants were very enthusiastic about the Khilafat call.
In Bengal too, the Khilafat-Non-Cooperation alliance gave enormous communal unity and strength to the national movement.
In Punjab, the Akali agitation of the Sikhs sought to remove corrupt mahants – supported by the British – from their gurdwaras.
In Assam, tea garden labourers, shouting “Gandhi Maharaj ki Jai”, boycotted the British-owned plantations.
