How Did Gandhi Secured Congress Approval Of Non-Cooperation Movement?

Gandhi secured congress approval of non-cooperation movement in 1920, he also formed alliance with the Muslim supporters of the Ottomoan khilafat. It was the first mass political movement. The main objective of this movement is to boycott British goods, schools, law courts and advocacy of the use of charkha. The movement was supported widely the important figues including CR Das and Motilal Nehro gave up their legal practices. Popularization of 'khadi' and 'charkha' by the congress volunteers. This moment had a great historical importance as it bring out all the religious caste in to a common bond, it strengthened Muslim-Hindu unity. For political point of view it give political training to thousand of people who in later movements came to
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Interesting part here is that during these times, as our literary books show, “Congress leaders were accorded a special A-class accommodation (in jail) that allowed them books, visitors, and food not permitted to ordinary prisoners.” (pg. 183) Here, the reading also talks about how Gandhi used his trial for his image, “Gandhi also used the trial to articulate in dramatic fashion central elements of his political style….Gandhi defiantly pleaded guilty and even took upon himself the responsibility for the acts of others.” Thus, he “enhanced his saintly role as one who sacrifices for the good of all.”(pg.
During the time period 1917-1920 price level of commodoties rose by nearly 50% . For this reason the agrarian and industrial upheavals grew where everyone was fighting for their own good. Here the name of kisan sabha movement in UP and Bihar, National Agriculturalists Party in UP, All India Trade Union Congress and The Communist Party of India are notable names. These movements hold its greatest appeal in the Landlord dominated districts of southern and eastern Oudh. Unjust rents, high food prices lead to number of riotous demonstration on landlord properties took place by Baba Ramchandra(leader of the kisan sabha movement). Making things even worse roiters even attack bazaars and merchant property in an effort to secure fixed prices for basic commodities. Little came from these peasant protests. The British pushed through, over landlord opporsition, legislation that capped rental increses and secured occupancy teanants from eviction. The congress offered a little support to this peasant movements than did the British. Jawaharlal Nehro visited those villages to express sympathy with their plights. In sense of politics it can been as a act by Nehro to gain voters in the rural area, just how nowadays parties gained sympathy votes in order to win election. For example the death of Benazir Bhutto lead clean sweep over election of 2006 in