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India, c1914–48: The Road to Independence

Gandhi and civil disobedience, 1920–22

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Recall questions on satyagraha and ahimsa, why the method worked politically, the non-cooperation programme, Chauri Chaura, and the controversy over calling it off.

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What did Gandhi's method of protest involve?

Who and when

Who emerged as a nationalist leader after the war?

Who and when

What campaign did Gandhi launch in 1920–22?

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  1. 1

    Who emerged as a nationalist leader after the war?

    Model answer

    Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi.

  2. 2

    What campaign did Gandhi launch in 1920–22?

    Model answer

    The Non-Cooperation Movement.

  3. 3

    Why did Gandhi call off non-cooperation in 1922?

    Model answer

    Because of the violence at Chauri Chaura.

  4. 4

    What was Gandhi's method of protest?

    Model answer

    Non-violent civil disobedience (satyagraha).

  5. 5

    What were Gandhi's core beliefs?

    Model answer

    Satyagraha or truth-force, ahimsa or non-violence, self-reliance through hand spinning, simplicity of life, and opposition to untouchability.

  6. 6

    Why was Gandhi's approach so effective politically?

    Model answer

    Non-violence made repression look brutal rather than justified, his religious idiom reached the villages, and his personal asceticism gave him moral authority.

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