The Khilafat committee was formed in Bombay, to defend temporal powers of Khalifa, in _________.

Correct option is C

Correct option: (c), March 1919

The Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in 1919 to defend the temporal powers of the Khalifa (the spiritual leader of the Muslim world) and to oppose the harsh terms imposed on the Ottoman Empire after World War I, particularly following the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920.

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• Formation Year: 1919
• ​Purpose: To defend the position and powers of the Ottoman Khalifa after the Ottoman Empire was defeated in World War I. The Allies, particularly the British, were seen as attempting to dismantle the Caliphate.
• The committee's formation marked the beginning of the Khilafat Movement, led by prominent leaders like Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, Shaukat Ali, Mohammad Ali, and Ali Brothers. They sought to protect the religious and political authority of the Caliph from foreign intervention, particularly British colonial powers.
  

​The Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in 1919.