Question

NCERT VIII - Our Pasts III

Discuss the various forms that the Non-Cooperation Movement took in different parts of India. How did the people understand Gandhiji?

Answer 1

THE MOVEMENT AIMED AT PROTESTING AGAINST BRITISH REPRESSION IN PUNJAB AND THEIR UNJUST POLICY TOWARDS TURKEY.IT ALSO CALLED FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT.THE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD GANDHI BECAUSE HIS MOVEMENTS WERE SIMPLE.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Non-Cooperation Movement remained non-violent at most of the places. But some people interpreted the message of Mahatma Gandhi in their own ways; mostly to suit their local grievances.

The Patidar peasants of Kheda (Gujarat) organized non-violent campaigns against the high land revenue demand.

Liquor shops were picketed in coastal Andhra and interior Tamil Nadu.

The tribals and poor peasants in Guntur district (Andhra Pradesh) staged a number of forest satyagrahas; to protest against the new forest laws.

The Khilafat-Non-Cooperation Movement gave enormous support in Sind and Bengal.

In Punjab, the Akali agitation of the Sikhs demanded to remove the corrupt mahants from gurdwaras.

In Assam, the tea garden labourers demanded a big hike in their wages. They shouted the slogan, “Gandhi Maharaj ki jai”. In many folk songs of Assam; Gandhiji was referred to as “Gandhi Raja”.