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                                                Discuss the various forms that the Non-Cooperation Movement took in different parts of India. How did the people understand Gandhiji           

Answer:

(a) The various forms of the Non-Cooperation Movement in different parts of India were as follows:

(i) In Kheda, Gujarat, Patidar peasants organised non-violent campaigns against the high land revenue demand of the Britishers.

(ii) In coastal Andhra and interior Tamil Nadu, liquor shops were picketed.

(iii) In the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, tribals and poor peasants staged a number of "forest Satyagrahas'7.

(iv) In Sind (now in Pakistan), Muslim traders and peasants favoured the Khilafat call.

(v) In Bengal, too, the Khilafat Non-Cooperation alliance gave enormous communal unity and strength to the national movement.

(vi) In Punjab, the Akali agitation of the Sikhs sought to remove corrupt 'mahants from their gurudwaras as part of the Non-Cooperation Movement.

(vii) In Assam, tea garden labourers demanded a big increase in their wages.

(b) People adored Gandhiji and regarded him as a divine occupying a place within the pantheon of Indian Gods. People thought that 'Gandhi Raj7 was to be established shortly. They thought of Gandhiji as a kind of 'messiah', as someone who could help them to overcome their misery and poverty.