What were the main features of the non-cooperation movement? How different was it from earlier forms of protests? Critically examine synopsis?
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Features:
1. It broaden the social base of national movement
2. The first mass movement in true sense
3. Never before British faced continental campaign against their rule
4. By courage, sacrifice, and fortitude in the face of adversity and repression, the different classes and communities proved the desire for national freedom was an elemental urge common to all members of a subject nation.
5. It transformed INC from a deliberative body into a genuine revolutionary organization, working for the attainment of Swaraj.
6. The Movement also contributed to an awakening of the masses to economic problems. Even the common villagers began to feel that Swaraj was the sovereign panacea for their ills and hardships.
7. Positive and negative programmes of movement were successful in their sphere.
Different from earlier movements :
1. It witnessed spread of nationalism to the remote corners of India
2. It also marked the height of Hindu-Muslim unity
3. NCM popularized the Swarajaya cult
4. Women’s participation was credible for first time
Thus, NCM witnessed wide-spread response and proved first movement in which the whole masses actually participated, with exquisite communal harmony .
Non-Cooperation movement was a direct outcome of Khilafat movement
Features:
1. It broaden the social base of national movement
2. The first mass movement in true sense
3. Never before British faced continental campaign against their rule
4. By courage, sacrifice, and fortitude in the face of adversity and repression, the different classes and communities proved the desire for national freedom was an elemental urge common to all members of a subject nation.
5. It transformed INC from a deliberative body into a genuine revolutionary organization, working for the attainment of Swaraj.
6. The Movement also contributed to an awakening of the masses to economic pro