Question

"As a consequence of the Non-cooperation Movement the British Raj was shaken to its foundation for the first time since the Revolt of 1857." Explain the statement with examples. 

Answer 1

Non-Cooperation Movement The British Raj was shaken to its foundations for the first time since the Revolt of 1857.

1. Working with exceptional leaders, people from all over the country advanced the cause.
2. The business classes supported the Swadeshi Movement because they had benefited from the nationalists' use of it.
3. Peasants and members of the middle class had the opportunity to demonstrate their opposition to British rule by joining the movement.
4. Women made up many of the protesters in the Non-Cooperation Movement, and plantation workers who were forbidden to leave the tea gardens and plantation fields supported the Gandhian movement.
5. Tribal people in northern Andhra broke the forest laws, and farmers in Awadh refused to pay taxes.
6. Several people also renounced the honours and titles the British Crown had bestowed them.
7. Britain's government-run courts, institutions, and schools came under increasing public criticism.
8. In February 1922, a group of peasants attacked and set fire to a police station in Chauri Chaura, United Provinces (currently Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand), killing six constables. In response to this violent incident, Gandhiji ended the campaign completely.