Non-Cooperation Movement

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Indian independence movement campaign mass protest movement nonviolent resistance campaign

The Non-Cooperation Movement was a major mass protest led by Mahatma Gandhi in the early 1920s that mobilized Indians to withdraw from British institutions and boycott colonial rule as part of the struggle for independence.

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Label	Occurrences
Non-Cooperation Movement canonical	28
Non-cooperation movement	19
non-cooperation movement	7
Mahatma Gandhi called off the Non-Cooperation Movement	1
Non-Cooperation Movement (through exhibits)	1
Non-Cooperation–Khilafat alliance 1920	1
non-cooperation movement (historical context)	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T42600 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Non-Cooperation Movement
Context triple: [British India, notableEvent, Non-Cooperation Movement]

A. Champaran Satyagraha
Champaran Satyagraha was a 1917 nonviolent peasant uprising in Bihar led by Mahatma Gandhi against oppressive indigo plantation policies, marking his first major civil disobedience movement in India.
B. Quit India movement
The Quit India movement was a mass civil disobedience campaign launched in 1942 demanding an end to British colonial rule in India, led prominently by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.
C. Kheda Satyagraha
Kheda Satyagraha was a 1918 nonviolent peasant tax resistance movement in the Kheda district of Gujarat, led by Mahatma Gandhi as an early major campaign in India’s struggle for independence.
D. Civil Disobedience Movement
The Civil Disobedience Movement was a major Indian nationalist campaign in the early 1930s, led by Mahatma Gandhi, that used mass nonviolent resistance—most famously the Salt March—to challenge British colonial rule.
E. Satyagraha
Satyagraha is Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy and method of nonviolent resistance, emphasizing truth, civil disobedience, and moral courage in the struggle against injustice.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Non-Cooperation Movement
Target entity description: The Non-Cooperation Movement was a major mass protest led by Mahatma Gandhi in the early 1920s that mobilized Indians to withdraw from British institutions and boycott colonial rule as part of the struggle for independence.

A. Champaran Satyagraha
Champaran Satyagraha was a 1917 nonviolent peasant uprising in Bihar led by Mahatma Gandhi against oppressive indigo plantation policies, marking his first major civil disobedience movement in India.
B. Quit India movement
The Quit India movement was a mass civil disobedience campaign launched in 1942 demanding an end to British colonial rule in India, led prominently by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.
C. Kheda Satyagraha
Kheda Satyagraha was a 1918 nonviolent peasant tax resistance movement in the Kheda district of Gujarat, led by Mahatma Gandhi as an early major campaign in India’s struggle for independence.
D. Civil Disobedience Movement
The Civil Disobedience Movement was a major Indian nationalist campaign in the early 1930s, led by Mahatma Gandhi, that used mass nonviolent resistance—most famously the Salt March—to challenge British colonial rule.
E. Satyagraha
Satyagraha is Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy and method of nonviolent resistance, emphasizing truth, civil disobedience, and moral courage in the struggle against injustice.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian independence movement campaign ⓘ mass protest movement ⓘ nonviolent resistance campaign ⓘ
aimedAt	achieving Swaraj (self-rule) ⓘ
announcedAt	Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ
causeOf	increased political awareness among Indian masses ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
endDate	1922-02-12 ⓘ
endedBecauseOf	Chauri Chaura incident ⓘ
ideology	Gandhian nonviolence ⓘ Satyagraha ⓘ
involvedCommunityParticipation	lawyers ⓘ peasants ⓘ students ⓘ traders ⓘ
keyFigure	C. R. Das ⓘ Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ Lala Lajpat Rai ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ⓘ Motilal Nehru ⓘ Rajendra Prasad ⓘ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ surface form: Vallabhbhai Patel
languageOfSlogan	Hindi ⓘ
leader	Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
location	British India ⓘ
method	boycott of British educational institutions ⓘ boycott of British goods ⓘ boycott of British law courts ⓘ boycott of legislative councils ⓘ civil disobedience ⓘ non-cooperation ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ picketing of liquor shops ⓘ promotion of khadi ⓘ resignation from government posts ⓘ surrender of titles and honors ⓘ
movementType	anti-colonial movement ⓘ nationalist movement ⓘ
opposedBy	Colonial Office ⓘ surface form: British colonial government
opposedTo	British colonial rule in India ⓘ
organizedBy	Indian National Congress ⓘ
partOf	Indian independence movement ⓘ
ratifiedAt	Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920) ⓘ
result	mass political mobilization of Indians ⓘ strengthening of Indian National Congress as a mass party ⓘ widespread boycott of British institutions ⓘ
slogan	Swaraj in one year ⓘ
startDate	1920-09-04 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 1920s ⓘ
triggeredBy	Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre Rowlatt Act ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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Civil Disobedience Movement → inspiredBy → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

Civil Disobedience Movement → precededBy → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Satyagraha → usedIn → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel → participatedIn → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Lala Lajpat Rai → movement → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Home Rule movement → followedBy → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Home Rule movement → influenced → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Swadeshi movement → influenced → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

Sarojini Naidu → movement → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Mahadev Desai → participantIn → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Chandrasekhar Azad → inspiredBy → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

Chandrasekhar Azad → arrestedDuring → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

Motilal Nehru → movement → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

Kamala Nehru → participatedIn → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

Rajendra Prasad → participatedIn → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Shankarlal Banker → supported → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Chittaranjan Das → supported → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

Lal Bahadur Shastri → participatedIn → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar → participatedIn → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

C. R. → participatedIn → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

subject surface form: C. Rajagopalachari

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Swarup Rani → movement → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Muhammad Ali Jauhar → movement → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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S. Satyamurti → participatedIn → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai → associatedWithEvent → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Swaraj flag → usedIn → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Jamia Millia Islamia → foundingContext → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Khilafat movement → significantEvent → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

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Hakim Ajmal Khan → supported → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

Chauri Chaura Shaheed Smarak → associatedWith → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: non-cooperation movement (historical context)

Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh → freedomStruggleContext → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

Anugrah Babu → participatedIn → Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Anugrah Narayan Sinha

this entity surface form: Non-cooperation movement

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