Question

Discuss the hopes and struggles of any three social groups that joined non cooperation Movement in 1921??
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Answer 1

Various social groups which joined the movement were

 (i) Middle class people in the towns

(ii) Plantation workers

(iii) Peasants in rural areas

(iv) Tribal people

(v) Business class people

Middle Class People in the Towns

In towns, middle class people who consisted of students, teachers and lawyers responded to the clarion call of non-cooperation and boycott. They saw the movement as a passport to freedom from the foreign yoke.

Peasants and Tribals 

In various places peasants and tribal also participated in the movement. The movement was launched against the talukdars and landlords. For them Swaraj meant they would not be required to pay land dues i.e., land revenue, and the land they were cultivating would be distributed among them.

Plantation Workers

They participated in the movement with the hope that they would be free to move out of the confined space in which they had been enclosed. They hoped that Gandhi Raj had come and they would get land when they went back home.

Answer 2

The Non-Cooperation Movement 1921 united Indians against the British atrocities in India. People belonging to all social groups joined Gandhi in his movement. The most prominent social groups were: 

(i) The Congress: Members of the Congress including Gandhi announced the Non-Cooperation Movement. They hoped that loss in trade would force the British out of India. They led protests  all over the country. 

(ii) Student and Teachers: The student body became a major force against the British during the non-cooperation movement. Teachers mobilized the people for the cause while students boycotted the British educational system, burning their books in the protests. 

(iii) Traders and Merchants: Despite facing loss in their businesses, traders and merchants boycotted British goods. They did not sell British goods in the market and only sold goods that were manufactured by Indians. There purpose was to weaken the British market in India. 

Other social groups included:

(i) Farmers

(ii) Feudal Lords

(iii) Indians working with the British

(iv) Muslim leaders