discuss the various forms that the non-cooperation movement took in different
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(i)In Kheda, Gujarat, Patidar peasants were worried about the high land revenue demand of the British.
(ii)In coastal Andhra and interior Tamil Nadu, liquor shops were picketed. In the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, tribals and poor peasants started several ‘forest satyagrahas’,
(iii)In Sind, now in Pakistan, Muslim traders and peasants were very enthusiastic about the Khilafat call. In Bengal too, the Khilafat-Non-Cooperation alliance gave enormous communal unity and strength to the national movement.
(iv)In Punjab, the Akali agitation of the Sikhs sought to drive out corrupt mahants, supported by the British, from the gurudwaras. This movement got closely identified with the Non-Cooperation Movement.
(v)In Assam, tea garden labourers, demanded a big increase in their wages. They left the British-owned plantations amidst declarations that they were following Gandhiji’s wish.