Question

What is the difference between civil disobedience movement and non cooperation movement?

Answer 1

Following are the differences between the civil disobedience movement and non-cooperation movement:

Civil Disobedience Movement:

1. This movement began in the year 1930.

2. The main causes of this movement include the unjust laws of the British government, the failure of the Simon Commission etc.

3. Women participated in this movement on a large scale.  

Non-cooperation Movement:

1. Launched in the year 1921.

2. The main causes for this movement include the massacre at the Jalianwala Bagh, the Rowlett Act etc.

3. Women did not participate in large scale.

Answer 2

The Non-Cooperation campaign was started by Gandhi on 1st August 1920 while the Civil Disobedience movement was originated by Gandhi on 6th April 1930 at Dandi in Gujarat. Therefore there was a passage of 10 years among these two movements.

The Civil Disobedience movement was concentrated around the resistance of salt laws everywhere in the country which became the emblem of the movement. The Non-Cooperation campaign did not have any such particular defining figure around which the whole campaign was focused.

The purpose of the Non-Cooperation movement was Swaraj or self-rule by asking the rank of authorization status from the British administration. While the purpose of the Civil Disobedience campaign had moved considerably from Swaraj to achieve sovereignty from British rule.