Non-Cooperation Movement

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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.

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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
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
surface form: 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 Colonial Office
surface form: 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 1919
surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre

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Deshbandhu associatedWith Non-Cooperation Movement
subject surface form: Chittaranjan Das
this entity surface form: Non-cooperation movement
Basanti Devi movement Non-Cooperation Movement
Basanti Devi participatedIn Non-Cooperation Movement
Bengal Provincial Congress Committee associatedEvent Non-Cooperation Movement
1918 peasant movement relatedTo Non-Cooperation Movement
this entity surface form: Non-cooperation movement
Swami Shraddhanand participantIn Non-Cooperation Movement
British policies in India provoked Non-Cooperation Movement
Purushottam Das Tandon participatedIn Non-Cooperation Movement
this entity surface form: Non-cooperation movement