Question

E. Give reasons for the following.
1. Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation Movement.
2. People became dissatisfied with the methods and policies of the Moderates.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. After an angry mob murdered police officers in the village of Chauri Chaura (now in Uttar Pradesh state) in February 1922, Gandhi himself called off the movement; the next month he was arrested without incident. The movement marked the transition of Indian nationalism from a middle-class to a mass basis.

2. Some of the reasons for dissatisfaction with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s are as follows:

The Arms Act was passed in 1878. This Act disallowed Indians from possessing arms.

The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878. This Act empowered the government to confiscate the assets of newspapers including their printing presses, if the newspaper published anything “objectionable”.

The government tried to introduce the Ilbert Bill in 1883. The bill made provisions for trial of British or European persons by Indians. Thus, the Ilbert Bill sought equality between British and Indian judges in the country. But the whites opposed the Bill and forced the government to withdraw it.