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noncooperation movement

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noncooperation movement

In India, a large-scale civil disobedience campaign orchestrated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 following the Amritsar Massacre in April 1919. Based on a policy of peaceful non-cooperation, the strategy was to bring the British administrative machine to a halt by the total withdrawal of Indian support. British-made goods were boycotted, as were schools, courts of law, and elective offices. The campaign made little impression on the British government, since they could ignore it when it was peaceful; when it became violent, Gandhi felt obliged to call off further demonstrations. Its most successful aspect was that it increased political awareness among the Indian people.



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