Category 17 · Modern History
Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movement
5 micro topics in Modern History for UPSC Prelims, in book order: The Khilafat Issue and Its Link With Non-Cooperation; Programme of the Non-Cooperation Khilafat Movement; and 3 more.
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The Khilafat Issue and Its Link With Non-Cooperation
The Khilafat issue arose from the British treatment of Turkey after the First World War. Indian Muslims regarded the Sultan of Turkey as Khalifa, their spiritual leader, and a Khilafat Committee was formed in early 1919.…
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Programme of the Non-Cooperation Khilafat Movement
The Non-Cooperation Khilafat Movement was formally launched on 31 August 1920. The Congress approved the programme at a special session in Calcutta in September 1920 and endorsed it at Nagpur in December 1920, where it also…
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Spread of the Movement and People's Response
In 1921 and 1922 the Non-Cooperation Khilafat Movement saw an unprecedented popular upsurge. Students left government schools for around 800 national institutions, lawyers gave up practice, foreign cloth was burnt, and the Tilak Swaraj Fund raised…
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Government Response and Withdrawal of the Movement
Talks between Gandhi and Viceroy Reading broke down in May 1921, and in December the government declared volunteer corps illegal and arrested most leaders. After the Chauri Chaura violence of 5 February 1922, in which twenty-two…
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Evaluation of the Non-Cooperation Khilafat Movement
The Non-Cooperation Khilafat Movement took nationalist sentiment to every part of the country and politicised artisans, peasants, students, the urban poor, women and traders. It brought urban Muslims into the national movement, though it also communalised…
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Frequently asked questions
Which topics are in Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movement?
Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movement has 5 micro topics in Modern History: The Khilafat Issue and Its Link With Non-Cooperation; Programme of the Non-Cooperation Khilafat Movement; Spread of the Movement and People's Response; Government Response and Withdrawal of the Movement; Evaluation of the Non-Cooperation Khilafat Movement.
Is Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movement important for UPSC Prelims?
Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movement is a part of the UPSC Prelims Modern History syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 5 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.