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Muslims in India launched the Khilafat movement to persuade the British government to abolish the caliphate.

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The above statement is true.
Muslims in India launched the Khilafat movement to persuade the British government to abolish the Caliphate. The Khilafat campaign was led by Shaukat Ali, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Hakim Ajmal Khan, and Abul Kalam Azad. The Khilafat Movement was formed to pressure the British government to uphold the authority of the Ottoman Empire as an Islamic caliph. The All India Khilafat Committee was formed in Lucknow. Gandhi saw the opportunity to gather Muslims under the banner of a single national movement. It was feared that the spiritual leader of the Islamic world (Kalifa) would lose influence.

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