jawaharlal nehru initiated the non cooperation movement in india.
jawaharlal nehru initiated the non cooperation movement in india.
who initiated the non cooperation movement in india?
jawaharlal nehru
kaimganj possesses the honour of being ancestral town of late dr. zakir hussain, former president of republic of india. syed abdul salam shah, a freedom fighter who actively participated in non-cooperation movement (asahiyog andolan) led by mohandas karamchand gandhi in 1921-1922 and quit india movement in 1942. he was also a prominent political figure belonging to indian national congress. the very famous poet and progressive writer of his time late ghulam rabbani taban, and eminent linguist and the 5th vice chancellor of jamia millia islamia, professor emeritus masud husain khan were from this place. dr shah alam khan, professor of orthopaedics at the all india institute of medical sciences, new delhi hails from kaimganj. his references in orthopaedic literature are well quoted.late dr. abdul salam khan(son of famous haqeem abdul hai) managing director indo-german liaison office (iglo). kaimganj has emerged as a major developed town in the region on infrastructural, economical, educational parts. mr salman khursheed, union state minister for company affairs also hails from kaimganj.
kaimganj
together with her husband, she joined the indian independence movement in 1921. she was highly influenced by mahatma gandhi and took an active part in non cooperation movement. she used to go from village to village to encourage women to join the independence movement. others who influenced her were jai prakash narayan, vinoba bhave and her uncle, madhusudan das. in 1921, she had her first meeting with gandhiji and, together with her husband, joined the non cooperation movement. the same year they joined the indian national congress and started wearing khadi. in 1930, she took active part in the salt satyagraha movement at orissa level. she went to inchudi and srijang, with other activist like kiranbala sen, maltidevi, sarala devi, pranakrushna padhiari. she and her colleagues were arrested in november 1930 and placed in different jails by the british. she was arrested several times (in 1921, 1930, 1936, 1942) with other women independence activists like sarala devi, malati choudhury and others and was sent to jail. she attended the 1931 karachi session of the indian national congress and, at that time, requested leaders to hold the next session in orissa. in 1932 after her release from hazaribagh jail, she was actively involved in harijan welfare. she stated the "asprushyata nibarana samiti" under instructions from gandhiji, for the eradication of untouchability. the institution was later renamed the "harijan sewa sangha". she was closely involved in gandhiji's 1932 and 1934 visits to orissa as well as the visits of, kasturba, sardar patel, rajendra prasad, maulana azad, jawaharlal nehru and others. she started an ashram at bari, which gandhiji named "sewaghar". during the quit india movement of 1942, members of rama devi's entire family, including her husband, gopabandhu choudhury, were arrested. after the death of kasturba gandhi, gandhji assigned her work as the representative of the orissa chapter of the kasturba trust.
ramadevi choudhury