the kelipot and non-cooperation movement in this module you learn about the kilowatt and non-cooperation movement that was organized by Indian nationalists against the British the kilowatt and non-cooperation movement was closely connected with the anti-colonial struggle of the indians against the British especially during the First World War and the post-war years during these years Indian people faced a lot of hardships such a shortage of food increase in taxes and forceful recruitment to the army people all over India fought against such problems but in isolation till Mahatma Gandhi appeared and suggested a new mode of struggle in 1915 Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa and introduced a new method of mass agitation called satyagraha based on the principles of truth and non-violence he organized a unified peasant movements in Bihar and Gujarat against the British which were very successful encouraged by the success of these movements Gandhiji launched a nationwide satyagraha against the Rowlett Act of 1919 which proposed to detain Indian political prisoners without trial the movement ended in the gel in voila bug incident in Amritsar in which hundreds of innocent people were killed by general Dyer as the news of this tragedy spread throughout the country several violence began in all parts of India because of which Gandhiji was forced to call off the Rowlett satyagraha around the same time Indian Muslims were angered by the way the British had treated the defeated Emperor Khalifa of Ottoman Turkey after the first world war in response to this Muslim leaders Muhammad Ali and Shaka Delhi proposed to launch the Khilafat movement gandhiji seize this opportunity to bring Indian Muslims and Hindus together to start a unified national struggle against the British this resulted in the launch of the Khilafat a non cooperation movement in December 1920 the main agenda of the movement was total non cooperation with the British government which included surrender of official titles boycott of government schools army police etc and Jews of foreign goods however different sections of the Indian society interpreted the movement in different ways in the towns the middle-class responded to the movement with a lot of enthusiasm by resigning from government schools colleges and courts in addition they peacefully picketed shops selling foreign cloth and liquor in the countryside the movement took the shape of a struggle against the press of landlords and talukas demanding a reduction of land revenue and abolishing of forced labor or began to organize these movements the aubert Kisan Sabha was set up by Java halal Nehru and Baba Ram Chandra in October 1920 workers employed in British plantations also left their work to return to their villages however they were captured and beaten up by the British although the movement managed to unite various sections of society to fight against a fetish rule the movement started dying out because the Congress was unable to provide alternative institutions and people were forced to return to their government jobs and services in addition Congress workers could not remain nonviolent throughout and there were clashes between the protesters and the British authorities at Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh a mobile protesters at a police station and fire killing a number of policemen due to this violence Gandhiji called off the movement in February 1922 let's recall what you've learned Indians had to face many hardships during the First World War and in the post-war years such a shortage of food increase in taxes and forceful recruitment into the Army in 1915 Mothma gandhi introduced the idea of satyagraha to organize mass movements against the British the Rowlett satyagraha movement was organized in 1919 which resulted in the jellien wala bog incident causing the death of hundreds of people in 1920 the khilafat and non-cooperation movement was launched to protest against the unfair treatment of Ottoman Turkey by the British the main aim of the movement was total non cooperation with the British government and boycott of British goods the movement was called off by Gandhiji in February 1922 after the Chauri Chaura incident