The
'non-cooperation phase was a significant phase of the
Indian independence movement from British rule. It was led by
Mahatma Gandhi and was supported by the
Indian National Congress. Gandhi started the non-cooperation movement for removing British in January 1920 after the
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. It aimed to resist British rule in India through nonviolent means. Protestors would refuse to buy British goods, adopt the use of local handicrafts and picket liquor shops. The ideas of
Ahinsa and nonviolence, and Gandhi's ability to rally hundreds of thousands of common citizens towards the cause of Indian independence, were first seen on a large scale in this movement through the summer 1920, they feared that the movement might lead to popular
violence.