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Indian Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)(MPPCS)

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Gandhi suspended which of these movements calling it a ‘Himalayan Blunder’?

Non-cooperation movement

Satyagraha movement against Rowlatt Act

Quit India movement

Civil Disobedience Movement

Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi had called Non-Cooperation Movement his ‘Himalayan Blunder' after the incident of Chauri Chaura.
Chauri Chaura is a town in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
On 4th February 1922, this town witnessed a violent incident. A large crowd of peasants set on fire a police station that killed 22 policemen.
Due to this incident, Mahatma Gandhi called off the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22).
It involved the use of swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods, especially machine-made cloth, and legal, educational, and administrative institutions, "refusing to assist a ruler who misrules".

?Chauri-Chaura - 4th February, 1922.
Kheda Satyagraha - 11th March 1918.
Nagpur Satyagraha - 1923.
Rajkot Satyagraha - 7th March 1939.

By: Harman Sandhu

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