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Why was the non cooperation movement has been with drawn? |
| Answer» The Non-Cooperation Movement was a significant phase of the Indian independence movement from British rule. It was led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. It aimed to resist British rule in India through nonviolent means,"satyagraha". Protestors would refuse to buy British goods, adopt the use of local handicrafts and picket liquor shops. The ideas of Ahimsa and nonviolence, and Gandhi\'s ability to rally hundreds of thousands of common citizens towards the cause of Indian independence, were first seen on a large scale in this movement through the summer 1920. Gandhi feared that the movement might lead to popular violence. The non-cooperation movement was launched on 1st August, 1920.Mahatma Gandhi main aim during 1920\'s was not to remove British rule and achieve complete Independence but to raise national consciousness and remove the evils which were present in Indian society. It was only after 1930 that Congress resolved to gain complete Independence.Gandhi led his non -cooperation movement, as a protest against government repression evidenced, for example, in the Rowlatt Act of 1919, and the Jalian Wallah Bagh Massacres of April 1919. To enlist Muslim support in his movement, Gandhi supported the Khilafat cause and became a member of the Central Khilafat Committee.The movement was launched formally on 1st August 1920, after the expiry of the notice that Gandhi had given to the Viceroy in his letter of 22 June, in which he had asserted the right recognized \'from time immemorial of the subject to refuse to assist a ruler who misrulesBy mid-1920 the Khilafat leaders had made common cause with Gandhi\'s non-cooperation movement. whereby Hindus and Muslims formed a united front against British rule in India.on February 5, 1922, in the Chauri Chaura, after violent clashes between the local police and the protesters in which three protesters were killed by police firing, the police station was set on fire by the mob, killing 22 of the police occupants.Gandhi felt that the revolt was veering off-course, and was disappointed that the revolt had lost its non-violent nature. He did not want the movement to degenerate into a contest of violence, with police and angry mobs attacking each other back and forth, victimizing civilians in between. Gandhi appealed to the Indian public for all resistance to end, went on a fast lasting 3 weeks, and called off the mass non-cooperation movement.Even though it ended abruptly it was successful enough to break the back of British rule. | |