Image: Gandhi during the Non-Cooperation period. Wikimedia Commons.
In 1920 Gandhi and the Indian National Congress launched the Non-Cooperation Movement, asking Indians to withdraw cooperation from colonial institutions.
Why Gandhi proposed non-cooperation
The movement emerged after the Rowlatt Act, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and growing opposition to British rule. Gandhi argued that colonial government depended on Indian cooperation.
What did the movement involve?
Supporters were encouraged to boycott government schools, courts, titles and imported goods, while promoting Indian-made products and institutions.
The Khilafat connection
Gandhi worked with Muslim leaders associated with the Khilafat movement. The alliance brought different political constituencies into a common anti-colonial campaign.
A mass movement
The campaign spread across many parts of India and brought students, workers, traders and other sections of society into political action.
Why Gandhi withdrew it
After violence at Chauri Chaura in February 1922, Gandhi decided to suspend the movement, arguing that the campaign had departed from the nonviolent discipline he required.
Read NewsNationOnline’s Jallianwala Bagh article and Gandhi and the Khilafat movement feature.
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