Question

The Khilafat Movement subsided because _________.

• A. The Congress withdrew its support on account of suspension of Non-Cooperation Movement
• B. Britain granted the main demands of the Khilafatists
• C. Mustafa Kemal Pasha came to power in Turkey and abolished the Caliphate
• D. Support to the cause of Khilafat was a great blunder on the part of Mahatma Gandhi

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Mustafa Kemal Pasha came to power in Turkey and abolished the Caliphate

Khilafat movement was originally in support of the Caliph who was deprived of all authority. But it was withdrawn when the final blow came with the victory of Mustafa Kemal's forces, which overthrew the Ottoman rule and established a pro-western, secular republic in independent Turkey. He abolished the role of Caliph.