When was the Non-Cooperation Movement called off?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → 1922
In February 1922, after a group of peasants torched a police station at Chauri Chaura, Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation Movement altogether.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 Knitting a popular movement … As a consequence of the Non-Cooperation Movement the British Raj was shaken to its foundations for the first time since the Revolt of 1857. Then, in February 1922, a group of peasants attacked and torched a police station in the hamlet of Chauri Chaura, in the United Provinces (now, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal). Several constables perished in the conflagration. This act of violence prompted Gandhiji to call off the movement altogether.…” |