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?How did the non-cooperation movement? spread in cities across the country? Explain its effects on the economic front.

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The Non-Cooperation-Khilafat at Movement was started by the congress party in January 1921. Initially, this movement was started with the middle class participation in the cities.

Thousands of students, teachers and lawyers gave up their institutions and profession and joined the movement. This movement began m different cities across the country. The Non-Cooperation   Movement dramatically affected the economy of Britishers in India.

The economic effects of Non-Cooperation Movement were as follows:

(i) As foreign goods and clothes were boycotted, the import of foreign clothes halved between 1921 and 1922, and it?s value dropped from 102 crore to 57 crore rupees.

(ii) In many places, merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or invest in foreign trade.

(iii) As people discarded imported clothes and started to use Indian, clothes, production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up. In this way, the Non-Cooperation movement spread in cities across the country.