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4, What was the Khilafat Agitation?, , Answer:, , (i) In the year 1920 the British imposed a harsh treaty on the Turkish Sultan, known as, Khalifa, it enraged people., , (ii) Indian Muslims wanted that the Khalifa be allowed to retain control over Muslim, sacred places in the erstwhile Ottoman empire., , (iii)The leaders of the Khilafat agitation Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, now wished to, start a full-fledged Non-Cooperation Movement., , (iv)They got support from Mahatma Gandhi who urged the Congress to campaign against, “Punjab wrongs’, the Khilafat wrong and demand swaraj., , , , 5. Under what circumstances did Gandhiji initiate the Quit India Movement?, , Answer:, , (i) Mahatma Gandhi decided to initiate a new phase of movement against the British rule, in the middle of the Second World War, , ii) This movement came to be known as the Quit India Movement., , Gandhiji thought that the British must Quit India without further delay. He raised the, slogan ‘do or die’ which spread among the common mass very soon., , iii) But at the same time he warned the people not to be violent in any condition., iv) The British took repressive measures. Gandhiji along with other leaders were sent to, jail immediately, , 'v) But this did not prevent the movement from spreading. It specially attracted the, peasants, , ‘vi) Communications and symbols of state authority were attacked all over the country. In, several areas people set up their own governments., , ‘vii)The British tried to repress these developments severely. About 90,000 people were, arrested and wound 1,000 killed in police firing., , , , viii) But the movement did not go in vain. It brought freedom very close.