what are the major developments that took place during non cooperation movement
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Explain the major development that took place during the non cooperation movement
The Non-Cooperation Movement was a significant but short phase of the Indian independence movement from British rule. It was led by Mahatma Gandhi after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and lasted from 1920 to February 1922.[1] It aimed to resist British rule in India through non-violent means, or "Ahimsa". Protesters would refuse to buy British goods, adopt the use of local handicrafts and picket liquor shops. The ideas of Ahimsa and non-violence, and Gandhi's ability to rally hundreds of thousands of common citizens towards the cause of Indian independence, were first seen on a large scale in this movement through the summer of 1920. Gandhi feared that the movement might lead to popular violence. The non-cooperation movement was launched on 1 August 1920 and withdrawn in February 1922 after the Chauri Chaura incident.
The movement brought the urban Muslims into the national movement, but at the same time it communalised the national policies, to an extent. Although Muslim sentiments were a manifestation of the spread of a wider and anti-imperialisti feeling the national leaders failed to raise the religious political consciousness of the Muslims to all level of secular political consciousness.
With the non cooperation movement Nationalist sentiments read every nook and corner of the country and politicised every strata of population -the artisans, peasants, students, urban poor, woman, trader, etc. It was this politicisation and activisation of millions of men and women which imparted a revolutionary character to the National Movement. Colonial rule was based on two Myths- one, that such a rule was in the interest of Indians and two, that it was invincible. The first myth had been exploded by the economic critique by moderate Nationalist. The second myth has been challenged by Satyagraha true mass struggle. Now, the masses lost the hitherto all pervasive fear of the Colonial rule and its Mighty repressive organs.