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The Khilafat Movement was started to protest against the

  1. peace terms offered to Turkey by the allied powers in May, 1920

  2. inadequate concessions granted to the Muslims in the Government of India Act, 1919

  3. atrocities committed by the British government on the Muslims

  4. undue favours shown by the Viceroy of India towards the Hindus
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The Khilafat Movement (1919-1924) was launched by Indian Muslims to protest the harsh peace terms imposed on Ottoman Turkey by the Allied Powers after WWI, particularly the Treaty of Sevres (May 1920). The movement feared the abolition of the Islamic Caliphate and the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire, which held symbolic importance for Muslims worldwide.

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