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Why did Gandhiji decide to withdraw the 'Non-Cooperation Movement' in February, 1922? Explain any three reasons.
Solution:
Causes of withdrawal of Non-Cooperation Movement are as follows :
(i) Some activists of Non-Cooperation Movement set a police station on fire at Chauri-Chaura (Gorakhpur), Uttar Pradesh in which 21 policemen were burnt alive.
(ii) Gandhiji felt that people of India were not ready for a nation-wide movement of mass struggle and felt that he should withdraw the movement.
(iii) Moreover, many members of the Indian National Congress felt that the Non Cooperation Movement was tiresome and unnecessary, since they wanted to contest the election.
(i) Some activists of Non-Cooperation Movement set a police station on fire at Chauri-Chaura (Gorakhpur), Uttar Pradesh in which 21 policemen were burnt alive.
(ii) Gandhiji felt that people of India were not ready for a nation-wide movement of mass struggle and felt that he should withdraw the movement.
(iii) Moreover, many members of the Indian National Congress felt that the Non Cooperation Movement was tiresome and unnecessary, since they wanted to contest the election.
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