"To sound the order of retreat just when public enthusiasm was reaching the boiling point was nothing short of a national calamity." Who said it regarding the unilateral withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation movement by Gandhiji in February 1922?

"To sound the order of retreat just when public enthusiasm was reaching the boiling point was nothing short of a national calamity." Who said it regarding the unilateral withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation movement by Gandhiji in February 1922? Correct Answer S.C. Bose

The correct answer is S.C. Bose.

Key Points

  • After the Chauri Chaura Incident (February 5, 1922), Gandhiji was not happy with the increasingly violent trend of the movement, immediately announced the withdrawal of the movement.
  • The Congress Working Committee met at Bardoli in February 1922 and resolved to stop all activity that led to the breaking of the law and to get down to constructive work.
  • Most of the nationalist leaders including C.R. Das, Motilal Nehru, Subhash Bose, Jawaharlal Nehru, however, expressed their bewilderment at Gandhi’s decision to withdraw the movement.
  • "To sound the order of retreat just when public enthusiasm was reaching the boiling point was nothing short of a national calamity." Subhas Chandra Bose said the above statement after the immediate withdrawal of the Non-cooperation movement by Gandhiji.

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