Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.4.3 Gandhi and the mass movements 1917–1922

3.4.3.4 Chauri Chaura, the withdrawal and the Swarajist–No-changer debate

After a mob burnt a police station at Chauri Chaura in February 1922, Gandhi suspended the Non-Cooperation Movement, and the Congress then divided between Swarajists, who wanted to enter the councils, and No-changers, who stayed with the constructive programme.

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Key terms

  • Chauri Chaura
  • Bardoli resolution
  • Gandhi's trial
  • Swaraj Party
  • C.R. Das
  • Motilal Nehru
  • No-changers
  • Gaya 1922
  • Delhi 1923
  • Vithalbhai Patel

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