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SAI International School
Session-2020-21
Class- VIII
Subject- History
The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947
Sub Topic : The Happenings of 1922-1929

NOTES

The Happenings of 1922-29 :
The Happenings
of 1922-1929 : • In February 1922 a crowd of peasants set fire to a police station in
Chauri Chaura, Gandhiji was against violence and thus called off
the Non-Cooperation Movement immediately.
• Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru argued that the party should
fight elections to the councils and enter them in order to influence
government policies.
• Civil disobedience Movement was launched in 1930 under the
leadership of Gandhiji.
• The formation of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the
Communist Party of India were the two important development of
the mid-1920s.
• (v) The Congress resolved to fight for ‘Purna Swaraj’ (Complete
Independence) in 1929 under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru
and 26 January 1930 was consequently observed as
‘Independence Day’ all over the country.