Gandhi allied the Congress Party with the Khilafat movement over the Ottoman caliphate.

Evidence

Independence leader Mohandas Gandhi saw advantage too in pan-Islamist sentiment and allied his Congress Party with the Khilafat movement that sought to prevent the victorious Allies from removing the caliph and dismembering the Ottoman empire. In 1924 the entire issue vanished when — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 72

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to how decolonization movements formed tactical cross-religious coalitions—resonates with later Hindu-Muslim alliance politics in India. — connects to: Gandhi’s Khilafat support empowered Hindu extremists and split the Congress; Congress allied with pan-Islamist Muslims to broaden its national coalition; Gandhi’s unilateral withdrawal at Chauri Chaura ended the Khilafat alliance (+1 more)
• QUESTION: What was the inner Muslim reaction when the caliphate was abolished in 1924 and the Khilafat cause collapsed overnight?