kis ghatna ke Karan Gandhi Ji ne asahyog aandolan sthagit Kiya

The Non-Cooperation Movement was an important phase in the struggle for India's independence. Under Mahatma Gandhi's resolve, it was to force the British government into handing over the self-rule status for India through non-violent refusal to cooperate with the British institutions.

However, the movement became tragic at the Chauri Chaura incident in February 1922. An angry mob of protesters, protesting police brutality, set the Chauri Chaura police station in a village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on fire. It caused the deaths of many policemen.

This really disturbed Gandhiji, because it broke away from the principle of non-violence upon which his movement was initially rested. He thought that if this kind of violence was promoted in any way, then the moral girth of the movement would get embrittled and would not be able to take steps forward to India's independence.

With this view, to prevent further aggravation of violent activities and to reaffirm his allegiance to non-violence, Gandhiji was compelled to suspend the Non-Cooperation Movement.

Mixed reactions cropped up from among the Indians and Congress party regarding the decision taken by Gandhiji. Some of the citizens supported it, while others were not happy as they felt the movement was slowing down.

Main reasons to call off the movement:

Violation of non-violence: The Chauri Chaura incident violated the fundamental principle of non-violence in extreme form.

Fear of further violence: Gandhiji felt that the same situation would recur in some other part of the country and the land would be stalked by chaos and bloodshed.

Re-evaluating strategy: Gandhiji felt that the strategy needs a re-think and then a new strategy should be devised.

The suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement formed an important crossroads in the freedom struggle of India. It underlined problems of holding a mass movement non-violent, besides always needing to assess the strategy in motion.