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Q35 (IAS/1998) History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › Gandhian mass movements Answer Verified

Assertion (A) : Gandhi stopped the Non-Co-operation Movement in 1922. Reason (R) : Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the movement.

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Gandhi did suspend the Non-Cooperation Movement in February 1922, immediately after the violent outbreak at Chauri Chaura where a mob burned down the police station and 22 policemen were killed; the Congress Working Committee at Bardoli ratified the suspension [1]. Contemporary accounts record that Gandhi was deeply disturbed by the descent into violence and explicitly called off the movement because he believed non‑violence had broken down and such killings could not be justified [2]. Other sources likewise note that Gandhi’s insistence on strict non‑violence and his moral objection to the Chauri Chaura killings were the decisive reasons for ending the campaign, making the Reason a correct explanation of the Assertion [3].

Sources

  1. [1] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 4: Advent of Gandhi and Mass Mobilisation > e) Chauri Chaura Incident and Withdrawal of the Movement > p. 49
  2. [2] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART III, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 11: MAHATMA GANDHI AND THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT > 2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation > p. 291
  3. [3] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 16: Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Aandolan > Chauri Chaura Incident > p. 336
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