History & Civics
Why was the Khilafat Committee formed in 1919?
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Why was the Khilafat Movement launched?
Mahatma Gandhi
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A Khilafat Committee was formed to champion the cause of the Caliph of Turkey, who was deprived of real authority even over those territories which were left under his control according to the Peace Treaty.
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