Read the first paragraph under the heading ‘The Happenings of 1922-1929’ and answer this, ‘Gandhiji called off the movement after the violence. How do you support it?’

I completely support this perspective that violence is not the solution to anything. “Gandhiji called off the movement after the violence” because during the non-cooperation movement the crowd became violent and burnt the police station in Chauri Chaura which killed two policemen although they were provoked by the police. Being violent to make people to accept your demand is not the right behaviour as it is the promotion of violent behaviour which ultimately leads to killing of innocent people. One cannot solve fight with violent behaviour but with the peaceful approach can solve any fight.

Also, following non-violent behaviour depends on the individual behaviour and his surroundings and especially on the situation. For example – To arrest terrorist one cannot follow the peaceful method, but they have to resort to the violent behaviour of using weapons to arrest the terrorist.