Question

What was the main reason behind the start of non cooperatin movement in 1920

Answer 1

it was the failure of satyagraha movement

Answer 2

Answer:

In his famous book Hind

Swaraj (1920) , Mahatma Gandhi declared the British rule was established in India with the cooperation of Indians, and had survived only because of this cooperation. If Indians refused to co-operate, British rule in India would collapse within a year, and swaraj would come.

Also, while the Rowlatt

Satyagrah (1919) had been a widespread movement, it was still limited mostly to cities and towns. Mahatma Gandhi now felt the need to launch a more broad-based movement in India. But he was certain that no such movement could be organised without bringing the Hindus and Muslims closer together.

One way of doing this, he felt , was to take up the Khilafat issue. To defend the Khalifa's temporal powers, a Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in March 1919. A young generation of Muslim leaders like the brothers Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, began discussing with Mahatma Gandhi about the possibility of a united mass action on the issue. Gandhiji saw this as an opportunity to bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement.

At the Calcutta session of the Congress in September 1920, he convinced other leaders of the need to start a Non-Cooperation Movement in support of Khilafat as well as for Swaraj.

According to Gandhiji, the movement can become a movement as , he proposed that the movement should unfold in stages. It should begin with the surrender of titles that the government awarded, and a boycott of civil services, army, police,courts and legislative councils, school, and foreign goods. Then, in case the government used repression, a full civil disobedience campaign would be launched.

Throughout the summer of 1920 Mahatma Gandhi and Shaukat Ali toured extensively, mobilising popular support for the movement.

Thus the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1920s was launched. This movement was also sometimes referred as ' Non-Cooperation Khilafat Movement ' .