Why did Mahatma Gandhi feel the need to launcher broad-based Movement in 1920?
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The following are the reasons why Mahatma Gandhi in the year 1920 felt the need to launch a broad-based movement:
1. In the year 1919, the Imperial Legislative Assembly passed the Rowlatt Act that granted immense power to the British Government. For instance, the police could detain any political leader for two years without any trail. The main aim of the act was to prevent political activities of Indian Nationalists. People throughout India opposed the law.
2. The Martial law of 1919, that took place in Jallianwalla Bagh at Amritsar, killed hundreds of inno-cent people. As the news spread throughout the country. Gandhi Ji felt the need to launch a widespread movement in India against the new laws of the British government.
Mahatma Gandhi had launched these movements after the Jallian wala Bagh massacre. He felt it's need to uproot the British Empire from India. He launched the Quit India movement in 1920. Soon it was stopped due to violence in many parts of the country. In 1922 Gandhi launched Non-Corporation movement and it was also stopped due to the Chaura Chari incident.