"This campaign of non-cooperation has no reference to diplomacy, secret or open. The only diplomacy it admits of is the statement and pursuance of truth at any cost. "
- Mahatma Gandhi, 1920
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- Mahatma Gandhi, 1920
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Non-Cooperation Movement and Swadeshi (self-reliance) emboldened the Indians' spirit to oppose oppression and to secure self-reliance.
Landmark Movements
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"...Indians were not ready to assume all of their rights, given that this one group of folks had acted violently."
- Dr. Nico Slate, Historian and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University |
"...[Gandhi] said, 'have you thought to consider the looks
of fear and anguish on the faces of the widows of these policemen..." - Dr. Vinay Lal, Historian and Professor at UCLA |
Satyagraha Elsewhere...
Cesar Chavez's Farm Workers' Movement (1960s)
(Courtesy of James Hilgendorf)
(Courtesy of James Hilgendorf)