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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-1922) was Gandhi's first nationwide mass campaign asking Indians to withdraw cooperation from British institutions to attain Swaraj.
- Why did Gandhi suspend the Non-Cooperation Movement?
- How was the Khilafat issue linked to Non-Cooperation?
- What were the main components of the boycott programme?
- What was the political fallout of the movement's withdrawal?

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The Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-1922) was Gandhi's first nationwide mass campaign asking Indians to withdraw cooperation from British institutions to attain Swaraj.

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1. 13 April 1919

   Its immediate provocations were threefold: the Rowlatt Act (1919), the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of and the punitive Hunter Committee whitewash, and the dis…

2. 12 February 1922

   The movement collapsed when Gandhi unilaterally suspended it on following the Chauri Chaura incident of 4-5 February 1922, in Gorakhpur district, United Pro…

3. 5 February 1922

   The movement collapsed when Gandhi unilaterally suspended it on 12 February 1922 following the Chauri Chaura incident of 4-, in Gorakhpur district, United Pr…

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