How did the 'Non-Cooperation Movement' spread in cities across the country ? Explain its effects on the economic front.

Question

How had Non-Cooperation Movement spread in cities. Explain.
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How did the 'Non-Cooperation Movement' spread in cities across the country ? Explain its effects on the economic front.

Answer 1

Non-Cooperation Movement spread in cities across the country:

(i) The movement started with middle class participation in the cities.

(ii) Thousands of students left government controlled schools and colleges.

(iii) Headmasters and teachers resigned and lawyers gave up their legal practices. 
(iv) The council elections were boycotted in most provinces except Madras where Justice Party took part in elections. 
Effects of Non-Cooperation Movement on the economic front were : 
(i) Foreign goods were boycotted. 
(ii) Liquor shops were picketed. 
(iii) Foreign clothes were burnt in huge bonfires. 
(iv) The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921-1922. In value, the drop was from Rs. 102 crore to Rs.57 crore. 
(v) In many places, merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade. 
(vi) The people began discarding imported clothes and wore only Indian ones. 
(vii) Production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up tremendously.

Answer 2

• The Non-Cooperation movement started with middle-class participation in the cities. Thousands of students left government-controlled schools and colleges, headmasters and teachers resigned, and lawyers gave up their legal practices. The council elections were boycotted in most 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 usually only Brahmans had access to. 
• The effects of non-cooperation on the economic front were more dramatic. Foreign goods were boycotted, liquor shops picketed, and foreign cloth burnt in huge bonfires. The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922, its value dropping from Rs 102 crore to Rs 57 crore. In many places, merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade. As the boycott movement spread, and people began discarding imported clothes and wearing only Indian ones, production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up.