Motilal Nehru, C.R. Das gave up their legal practices during which Movement?

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SSC MTS (2022) Official Paper (Held On: 17 May, 2023 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Non - Cooperation Movement.Key Points

Non-Cooperation Movement:-
- It was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 as a response to the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and the Rowlatt Act.
- The movement aimed to boycott British goods, institutions, and courts and to promote Indian self-rule.
- Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das were prominent leaders of the Indian National Congress who actively participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement.
- They gave up their legal practices as a symbolic gesture of their commitment to the movement and their rejection of British colonial rule.

Additional Information

Self-Respect Movement:-
- It was a social reform movement in South India led by E.V. Ramasamy (Periyar) in the 1920s and 1930s.
- It aimed to promote the rights and dignity of non-Brahmin castes and to challenge Brahmin hegemony.
Quit India Movement:-
- It was a mass civil disobedience movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942 demanding immediate British withdrawal from India.
Civil Disobedience Movement:-
- It was a campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930 to challenge British colonial rule and to demand Indian independence.
- It included the Salt Satyagraha, in which Indians defied British salt laws by making their own salt.