The British rule was established and survived in India with the cooperation of Indians. If Indians refused refused to cooperate, British rule would collapse and Swaraj would come. These words of Gandhi ji led to Non-Cooperation movement.
Enlist the steps taken for mass participation in this movement? Briefly describe the incident because of which Gandhi ji called off the non-cooperation movement. 5 marks question
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.The Non-cooperation movement was launched on 4th September, 1920 by Mahatma Gandhi with the aim of self-governance and obtaining full independence (Purna Swaraj) as the Indian National Congress (INC) withdrew its support for British reforms following the Rowlatt Act of 21 March 1919, and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 13 April 1919.
The Rowlatt Act of March 1919, which suspended the rights of political prisoners in sedition trials,was seen as a "political awakening" by Indians and as a "threat" by the British.Although it was never invoked and declared void just a few years later,the act motivated Gandhi to conceive the idea of satyagraha (truth), which he saw as synonymous with independence. This idea was also authorised the following month by Jawaharlal Nehru, for who the massacre also endorsed “the conviction that nothing short of independence was acceptable”.