Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920)

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political conference session of the Indian National Congress

The Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress in 1920 was a pivotal meeting where Congress leaders adopted a radical new strategy of mass civil resistance against British colonial rule, marking a major turning point in India’s freedom struggle.

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Label Occurrences
Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) canonical 2
Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1917) 1
Special Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (September 1920) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political conference ⓘ
session of the Indian National Congress ⓘ
aimedAt achieving swaraj ⓘ
ending British colonial rule in India ⓘ
approvedPolicy boycott of foreign cloth ⓘ
boycott of government schools and colleges ⓘ
boycott of law courts ⓘ
non-cooperation with the British government ⓘ
resignation from honorary government offices ⓘ
associatedWith Ali brothers ⓘ
Bal Gangadhar Tilak ⓘ
C. R. Das ⓘ
Lala Lajpat Rai ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
attendedBy Ali brothers ⓘ
Annie Besant ⓘ
Bal Gangadhar Tilak ⓘ
C. R. Das ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Motilal Nehru ⓘ
context aftermath of Jallianwala Bagh massacre ⓘ
post-World War I political unrest in India ⓘ
resentment over Rowlatt Act ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
date 1920 ⓘ
endorsedMovement Khilafat movement ⓘ
Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ
followedBy Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ
hasTheme Indian self-rule ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ
mass civil resistance ⓘ
non-violent struggle ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
location Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
India ⓘ
method civil disobedience ⓘ
non-violent mass agitation ⓘ
movementType mass movement planning session ⓘ
organizedBy Indian National Congress ⓘ
partOf Indian independence movement ⓘ
Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ
surface form: non-cooperation movement
precededBy Amritsar session of the Indian National Congress (1919) ⓘ
presidedOverBy Lala Lajpat Rai ⓘ
result formal adoption of non-cooperation as Congress program ⓘ
mobilization of broad sections of Indian society ⓘ
significance adoption of mass civil disobedience strategy ⓘ
radicalization of Congress strategy against British rule ⓘ
turning point in India’s freedom struggle ⓘ

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Non-Cooperation Movement → announcedAt → Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ
Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920) → follows → Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ
Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920) → follows → Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (September 1920)
Amritsar session of the Indian National Congress (1919) → follows → Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1917)
Lahore Session of 1929 → chronology → Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ
this entity surface form: followed the Calcutta Session of 1928