Zusammenfassung der Ressource
2nd Non-Cooperation Movement
- Reason/Aims
- Congress agreed to start the
campaign based on the national
disgust at the British support of Dyer
- Gandhi stated the main aim to
be swaraj within a year
- Unrealistic aim but successfully
captured the attention of the nation
- Gandhi also wanted to unite all religions,
this became a repeated trend
- Methods
- Mass Protest
- Marches
- Demos
- Meetings
- Mass burning of UK
goods - public stunt
- Boycotts of law courts/schools/elections
- Boycott of British Goods
- Hartals
- Success
- Success was limited, There
were Positives and Negatives
- Positives
- Again Gandhi gained a huge
amount of support for
nationalist movement
- 30,000 arrested,
tactics worked
- Gives Gandhi publicity and
exposes British as unfair
- Negatives
- Didn't achieve aims
- Moplah Rebellion/Chauri Chaura
clear example of religious division
- Didn't achieve
Swaraj within a year
- Moplah Rebellion
- Unrest in area extended by agitation
caused by non-cooperation +
resentment of rich local landlords
- Moplahs (Muslims) turned on Hindus
- 600 Hindus killed
- 2500 Hindus forcibly converted to islam
- Prov.govt called in to deal with rebellion
- Martial Law ruthlessly imposed
- 2000+ rebels killed, including 66
that were left to suffocate on a train
- Chauri Chaura +
End of movement
- Feb 6th 1922 Gandhi calls off movement
- Due to a protest mob in Chauri Chaura
burning 20 policemen to death
- Gandhi had very strong morals,
non violence or nothing.
- Supporters felt betrayed by Gandhi
- Gandhi declares the end of his
involvement in political campaigns
- Plans to retire to ashram
- Before he could devote himself, gets
sentenced to 6 years prison on 10 March 1922
- However the arrest of 1000s during
non cooperation had turned prison
into a badge of honour
- Indian masses no longer scared by British legal authority