why was the non cooperation movement called off
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Non Cooperation Movement was called off because of Chauri-Chaura Incident. The Chauri Chaura incident happened on 5th Feb 1922 in Gorakphur Dist, when a group of protesters , participants of Non Cooperation Movement clashed with the local police.
The police open fired on the protesters, which was followed by heavy retaliation from the protesters, who later ended up burning the police station, Killing 22 policemen.
Gandhi led the Non Cooperation movement to protest against the British, for their cowardly act at Jalianwala Bagh of Amritsar. He wished the movement to be violence free, and with the violence being stuck at Chauri Chaura, Gandhi had no other option than to call off Non Cooperation Movement.
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(a) In 1922 the Chauri Chaura incident where 22-23 policemen died due to violent class between people and police disheartened Gandhiji. He did not tolerate violence at any cost. Thus he called off Non-Cooperation Movement.
(b) The effects of Non-Cooperation Movement on the economic front were immense. They were
(i) Foreign goods were boycotted, liquor shops picketed and foreign clothes were burnt hugely.
(ii) The import of foreign clothes halved between 1921 and 1922, its value dropping from 102 more to 57 crore rupees.
(iii) In many areas, traders and merchants refused to trade in foreign goods and sometimes even they refused to finance foreign trade.
(iv) As the boycott movement spread, people used only Indian clothes and began to discard foreign
clothes. As a result, production of Indian textile mills and handloom went up largely.
(c) Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928. It was greeted with black flags and slogans like ‘Simon Go Back’. Both Congress and Muslim League unitedly protested against it. In an effort to pacify them Lord Irwin announced in October 1929, a vague offer of ‘dominion status’ for India in an unspecified future and Round Table Conference to discuss a future constitution. This did not satisfied the Congress leader. This Commission was boycotted by the Indian people as it did not include any Indian member in it . Also the commission did not give any hope of ' Swaraj of the Indians