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Question
In the Nagpur session, 1920, the Congress ratified the resolution to launch the Non-Cooperation movement under the leadership of Gandhiji. In this context:
What were the objectives which the movement sought to achieve?
Solution
The following were the objectives of the non-cooperation movement:
i. Attaining self government within the British Empire if possible and outside if necessary.
ii. Annulment of the Rowlatt Act and remedying the ‘Punjab wrong’, i.e., the British government should express its regret over happenings in Punjab and particularly in Amritsar.
iii. Remedying the ‘Khilafat wrong’, i.e., the British should adopt a lenient attitude towards Turkey and restore the old status of the Sultan of Turkey.
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