How did different social groups conceive the idea of 'Non-Cooperation'? Explain with examples.
Different social groups conceived the idea of Non-Cooperation in their own way-
(i) The movement started with middle-class participation in the cities. Thousands of students left goverment-controlled schools and colleges, headmasters and teachers resigned, and lawyers gave up their legal practices.
(ii) Peasants participated in movement as they were against talukdars and landlords who demanded from peasants exorbitantly high rents and variety of other cesses.
(iii) Plantation workers participated in the movements with the hope that they would get the right to move freely in and out of the confined space in which they were enclosed.
(iv) The tribals in Andhra Pradesh joined the movement against oppressive British policies that prevented people from entering the forest to graze their cattle.
