Which of the following pair(s) is/are correct about the relation of movement and their year? I. Civil disobedience movement - 1930 II. Non-cooperation and Khilafat Movement - 1920
Which of the following pair(s) is/are correct about the relation of movement and their year? I. Civil disobedience movement - 1930 II. Non-cooperation and Khilafat Movement - 1920 Correct Answer Both I and II
The correct answer is Both I and II.
Key Points
- Civil Disobedience Movement:
- The movement started with the breaking of the salt law at Dandi in March 1930.
- The Dandi March started from Gandhiji's ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi.
- The movement was called off in the year 1931, and Gandhiji decided to enter into the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
- The terms of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact included calling off of the movement, releasing all prisoners, and manufacturing salt along the coast.
- The failure of the Second Round Table and the new repression cycle adopted by the British led to the relaunching of the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1932.
- When Gandhiji returned to India, Nehru, and Ghaffar Khan both were in jail, Congress was declared illegal, etc.
- Thus, Gandhiji decided to relaunch the movement in 1932. But, it lost its momentum in 1934.
- The Khilafat Committee on August 31, 1921, launched a campaign of non-cooperation.
- his led to the official launch of the Khilafat movement as well.
- The adoption by the Congress of the non-cooperation movement initiated, earlier by the Khilafat Committee gave it new energy, and the years 1921 and 1922 saw an unprecedented popular upsurge.
Important Points
- The Non-Cooperation Movement(1920-22):
- The movement was launched formally on 1 August 1920 by Gandhiji.
- He announced his plan to begin Non-Cooperation with the government as a sequel to the Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Khilafat Movement.
- At a special session in Calcutta, Congress approved a non-cooperation programme headed by CR Das till the Punjab and Khilafat wrongs were removed and swaraj was established.
- Before it could be launched a mob of people at Chauri Chaura clashed with the police and burnt 22 policemen on 5 February 1922.
- Khilafat Movement:
- The movement was started as an agitation by the Indian Muslims against the treatment accorded to the Ottoman Empire after World War I
- The Khilafat Movement begins in 1919 under the leadership of the Ali brothers; Maulana Muhammad Ali and Maulana Shaukat Ali.
- By the mid-1920s, the Khilafat leaders joined hands with Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement.
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