1st Non-Cooperation Movement 1919/Khilafat

Aims/Purpose
1. Started for the indigo workers in Bihar/working class peasants
2. 3 Main Aims
  1. Allow the workers in Bihar to have a free choice of what crops they grow
  2. Reduce Rent
  3. Stop Illegal Land Seizure
Methods
1. Mass Protests
2. Hartals (Strikes)
3. General non-cooperation with British
  1. Provokes Arrest
4. Gandhi's ways of gaining publicity
  1. Arrest/trial of himself gained a lot of media attention
  2. Telegrams to Viceroy/press
  3. Lives with/dresses like peasants - Appeals to majority of Indian people - the poor
Success
1. Achieved all aims
  1. Forces British into concessions
2. Gained Indian support
3. National/International recognition of his campaign
Khilafat Movement
1. Was a Muslim movement
  1. That aimed to protect the Caliphs (Muslim leaders of Ottoman empire)
    1. Ottoman Empire was broken up after WW1 by France and UK
      1. This was seen as a direct attack on Muslims by the British
        This caused Anti-British feeling in India
        Gandhi backed the Muslims and linked the Khilafat movement with non-cooperation
        Caused Hindu/Muslim Unity

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