Why gandiji decided to withdraw the non cooperation movement?
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The non-cooperation movement came to an abrupt end because of a voilent incident at chauri chaura , in police station 15 miles away from Gorakhpur in UP in 1922. There the police opened fire on a mob of peasants .Then the mob burnt the thana which resulted in the death of twenty two policemen inside the building.
This news of chauri chaura incident disturbed Gandhi ji very much and he decided to withdraw the non-cooperation movement.
Gandhiji had declared that the non-cooperation movement will be a non-violent one.
He decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement due to various incidents of violence perpetrated by the masses, especially the Chauri Chaura incident in 1922 where the people clashed with the police, setting a police-station on fire.
Although he had stopped the national revolt single-handedly, on 10 March 1922, Gandhi was arrested. On 18 March 1922, he was imprisoned for six years for publishing seditious materials. This led to the suppression of the movement and was followed by the arrest of other leaders.
Gandhiji felt that the people were not yet ready for a mass struggle and that satyagrahis needed to be properly trained for non-violent demonstrations