Non-Cooperation Movement

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Indian independence movement campaign mass protest movement nonviolent resistance campaign

The Non-Cooperation Movement was a major mass protest led by Mahatma Gandhi in the early 1920s that mobilized Indians to withdraw from British institutions and boycott colonial rule as part of the struggle for independence.

Aliases (3)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian independence movement campaign → mass protest movement → nonviolent resistance campaign →
aimedAt	achieving Swaraj (self-rule) →
announcedAt	Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) →
causeOf	increased political awareness among Indian masses →
country	India →
endDate	1922-02-12 →
endedBecauseOf	Chauri Chaura incident →
ideology	Gandhian nonviolence → Satyagraha →
involvedCommunityParticipation	lawyers → peasants → students → traders →
keyFigure	C. R. Das → Jawaharlal Nehru → Lala Lajpat Rai → Mahatma Gandhi → Maulana Abul Kalam Azad → Motilal Nehru → Rajendra Prasad → Vallabhbhai Patel →
languageOfSlogan	Hindi →
leader	Mahatma Gandhi →
location	British India →
method	boycott of British educational institutions → boycott of British goods → boycott of British law courts → boycott of legislative councils → civil disobedience → non-cooperation → nonviolent resistance → picketing of liquor shops → promotion of khadi → resignation from government posts → surrender of titles and honors →
movementType	anti-colonial movement → nationalist movement →
opposedBy	British colonial government →
opposedTo	British colonial rule in India →
organizedBy	Indian National Congress →
partOf	Indian independence movement →
ratifiedAt	Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920) →
result	mass political mobilization of Indians → strengthening of Indian National Congress as a mass party → widespread boycott of British institutions →
slogan	Swaraj in one year →
startDate	1920-09-04 →
timePeriod	early 1920s →
triggeredBy	Jallianwala Bagh massacre → Rowlatt Act →

Referenced by (33)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
C. R. Das ("non-cooperation movement") → Lala Lajpat Rai ("Non-cooperation movement") → Motilal Nehru → Sarojini Naidu ("Non-cooperation movement") →	movement
Kamala Nehru → Kasturba Gandhi ("Non-cooperation movement") → Rajendra Prasad ("Non-cooperation movement") → Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ("Non-cooperation movement") →	participatedIn
Anugrah Narayan Sinha ("Non-cooperation movement") → Mahadev Desai ("Non-cooperation movement") → Narhari Parikh ("non-cooperation movement") →	participantIn
Home Rule movement ("Non-cooperation movement") → Swadeshi movement →	influenced
Chandrasekhar Azad → Civil Disobedience Movement →	inspiredBy
Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ("non-cooperation movement") → Chauri Chaura incident →	partOf
Champaran Satyagraha ("non-cooperation movement") → Chauri Chaura incident →	relatedTo
Indian National Congress movement → Indian independence movement →	significantEvent
The Indian Struggle ("non-cooperation movement") →	about
Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ("Non-cooperation movement") →	adoptedProgramme
Chandrasekhar Azad →	arrestedDuring
Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) →	endorsedMovement
Home Rule movement ("Non-cooperation movement") →	followedBy
Salt March →	follows
Indian nationalism →	hasKeyEvent
Chauri Chaura incident ("Mahatma Gandhi called off the Non-Cooperation Movement") →	leaderResponse
British India →	notableEvent
Civil Disobedience Movement →	precededBy
Shankarlal Banker ("non-cooperation movement") →	supported
Satyagraha →	usedIn