👉 Led by Mahatma Gandhi
👉 Based on principles of Satyagraha & Ahimsa (non-violence)

🧑‍🏫 About Mahatma Gandhi

• Full Name: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• Returned to India in 1915 from South Africa
• First major success: Champaran Satyagraha (1917)

✊ Non-Cooperation Movement (1920–22)

📅 Launch

• Started in 1920 by Mahatma Gandhi
• Supported by Indian National Congress

🔥 Causes

• Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
• Rowlatt Act (1919)
• Khilafat issue

🎯 Objectives

• Boycott of:
  • Government schools, courts, offices
  • Foreign goods

❌ End of Movement

• Withdrawn after Chauri Chaura Incident

⚖️ Civil Disobedience Movement (1930–34)

📅 Launch

• Started in 1930 with the famous Salt March

🚶 Key Event

• Dandi March led by Gandhi from Sabarmati to Dandi

🎯 Objectives

• Break unjust laws (especially salt law)
• Refuse to pay taxes

📜 Important Development

• Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931)

🚫 Quit India Movement (1942)

📅 Launch

• Started in 1942 during World War II

💥 Slogan

👉 “Do or Die” given by Mahatma Gandhi

🎯 Objective

• Immediate independence from British rule

⚔️ Features

• Mass protests, strikes, underground activities
• Leaders arrested immediately

📊 Comparison Table

🎯 Importance (Exam Point)

• Unified people across India
• Strengthened nationalism
• Made British realize they could not rule India for long

🧠 One-Line Revision

👉 “Gandhi led mass movements—Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience, and Quit India—to achieve India’s independence through non-violence.”