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How was the Civil Disobedience Movement different from earlier movement?

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The earlier movement like Non-Cooperation Movement was launched to attain Swaraj while the goal of Civil Disobedience Movement was Purna Swaraj or complete independence.

During Non-Cooperation Movement that middle class, peasants, tribal, workers fought in their own way. While the educated middle class understood Gandhiji's ideas and remained non-violent, rebels in Gudem Hills or Moplas of Malabar became militant.

The Civil Disobedience Movement was a successful mass movement on Gandhiji's lines. Satyagraha Movement was practiced by all sections of people with determination and courage.

Gandhiji had to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement as it turned violent in Chauri-Chaura in UP. Gandhiji felt that people were not yet ready for such a movement, whereas the Civil Disobedience Movement proved that Indian people were in a position to fight the armed troops of mighty British empire with moral force. Larger participation of women made the movement much more broad-based.