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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