Question 3 - Past Year Questions - 5 Marks - Chapter 2 Class 10 History - Nationalism in India - History

How did Non-Cooperation Movement start with participation of middle class people in the cities? Explain its impact on the economic front.

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Points to Remember

1. students left schools and colleges, and headmasters and teachers resigned.
2. Council elections were boycotted except in Madras.
3. Foreign clothes burnt . Import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922
4. Refused to trade in foreign goods
5. Indian textiles and Handlooms went up.

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The movement started with middle-class participation in the cities .

1. Thousands of students left government -controlled schools and colleges and headmasters and teachers also resigned from their position.
2. The council elections were boycotted in most of the provinces except Madras , where the Justice Party , the party of the non-brahmans , felt that entering the council was one way of gaining some power - something that only Brahmans had access to.
3. Foreign clothes were burnt in the bonfire. The import of f oreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922 , dropping value from Rs 102 crores to Rs 57 crore .
4. Merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods to show their support in the non - cooperation movement.
5. People began discarding imported clothes and wearing only Indian ones. Production o f Indian textiles and Handlooms went up.

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