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The Reason Why Bengali Peasants Participated the Khalifah Movement 　　Received 10 March 2015； accepted 5 May 2015 　　Published online 26 June 2015 　　Abstract 　　For a long time， Chinese university history textbooks used by history-major were mostly likely to analysis the reason of the Khalifah movement from the perspective of politic and religion， which was just an explanation from the sponsors’ view and did not concerned with the participants in the movement. Although the World War I ended in 1918， Bengali peasants’ lifes get worse and worse instead. Together with the Indian nationalists’ agitation， peasants finally participate in the Khalifah movement. As well， the cruel rule of British India government over Bengali peasants was a necessary but not a sufficient condition to promote the exploited peasants involving in the Khalifah movement only but all conditions fully met. Also， these terms and conditions were sufficient ways to ease or prevent peasants involving the Khalifah movement. 　　Key words： British-India； Bengali peasant； reason； The Khalifah movement 　　INTRODUCTION 　　After World War I， British-India fighting against British colonial rule was in the air， and soon later Indian Muslims took part in the ranks of the Caliphate movement too. The Caliphate movement， a typical event happened during the British-Indian fighting， had an important impact on the later peasant movement in Bengal or even in British-India. And for a long time， Chinese university textbooks used by history major students had mostly likely to analysis the reason of the Caliphate movement from the perspective of politics and religion， such as Mr. Qi Shirong had pointed out in the World History （Modern History series） that： 　　“In 1918， in order to oppose the British partition plan on Turkey， Muhammad Ali and Sal Ali Carter Brother ， the famous Indian Muslim activists and Congress， set up a defending caliph （Turkish Sultan， Islam religious leader） committee and launched a politics and