Between Empires: The Treaty of Lausanne and Its Reflection on Indias Path to Independence

Title

Between Empires: The Treaty of Lausanne and Its Reflection on Indias Path to Independence

Creator

Shastri, Arunima

Description

This chapter reconceptualizes the Treaty of Lausanne (1923) as a global inflection point whose significance extended beyond the Near East into debates within the Indian independence movement. Commonly understood as the diplomatic settlement that secured international recognition for the Turkish Republic under Mustafa Kemal Atatk, Lausanne is treated here not as the cause of subsequent religious reforms, but as the formal acknowledgment of a new political order already unfolding through earlier Kemalist measures, including the abolition of the Sultanate (1922) and the proclamation of the Republic (1923). Rather than arguing that Lausanne directly enabled the abolition of the Caliphate or determined the course of Indian nationalism, this chapter suggests that it symbolically reflected a broader reconfiguration of sovereignty in the postwar world. In British India, these developments coincided with the decline of the Khilafat Movement and prompted leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad to reassess strategies grounded in transnational religious solidarity. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2026.

Source

Contributions to International Relations;Volume;Part F1821;pp.243-254

Date

01-01-2026

Publisher

Springer Nature

Subject

Indian National Congress; Indigenous Nationalism; Khilafat Movement; Ottoman Caliphate; Pan-Islamism; Treaty of Lausanne (1923)

Coverage

Shastri A., CHRIST University, Karnataka, Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISSN: 27315061;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-9611-9_14

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