Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920)

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historical event political conference session of the Indian National Congress

The Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress in 1920 was a pivotal meeting where the Congress reorganized itself on a more democratic, mass-based footing and fully embraced Mahatma Gandhi’s strategy of non-cooperation against British rule.

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Label	Occurrences
Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920) canonical	2
Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress 1920	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political conference ⓘ session of the Indian National Congress ⓘ
adoptedProgramme	Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ surface form: Non-cooperation movement
adoptedResolution	Hindu–Muslim unity ⓘ boycott of foreign cloth ⓘ boycott of government schools and colleges ⓘ boycott of law courts ⓘ boycott of legislative councils ⓘ full-scale non-cooperation with the British government ⓘ peaceful and non-violent methods of struggle ⓘ promotion of khadi ⓘ support to the Khilafat movement ⓘ use of swadeshi goods ⓘ
aimedAt	broadening participation of peasants and workers ⓘ transforming Congress into a mass organisation ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
date	December 1920 ⓘ
endorsedStrategyOf	Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
follows	Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ surface form: Special Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (September 1920)
hasKeyFigure	Annie Besant ⓘ Bal Gangadhar Tilak ⓘ C. R. Das ⓘ C. Vijayaraghavachariar ⓘ Hakim Ajmal Khan ⓘ Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ Lala Lajpat Rai ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ⓘ Motilal Nehru ⓘ Sarojini Naidu ⓘ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ surface form: Vallabhbhai Patel
introducedMembershipFee	four annas per year ⓘ
introducedOrganisationalUnit	district-level Congress committees ⓘ provincial Congress committees ⓘ taluka-level Congress committees ⓘ village-level Congress committees ⓘ
introducedReorganisationOn	linguistic basis for provincial Congress committees ⓘ mass-based democratic footing ⓘ
location	Central Provinces ⓘ India ⓘ Nagpur ⓘ
organisedBy	Indian National Congress ⓘ
partOf	Indian independence movement ⓘ
politicalGoal	attainment of swaraj ⓘ self-government within one year by non-violent means ⓘ
presidentOfSession	C. Vijayaraghavachariar ⓘ
reorganisedBody	Indian National Congress ⓘ
significance	marked full adoption of Gandhi’s non-cooperation strategy by the Congress ⓘ marked transition of Congress from elite organisation to mass movement ⓘ
year	1920 ⓘ

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Non-Cooperation Movement → ratifiedAt → Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ

Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) → followedBy → Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ

Khilafat movement → significantEvent → Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress 1920