Penguin Gandhi Reader by Mukherjee Rudrangshu

Author:Mukherjee, Rudrangshu [Mukherjee, Rudrangshu]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789351184522
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2010-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

Non-Co-operation

[4 July 1920]

Since there is no reason to hope that, before 1 August, either the Khilafat issue will have been satisfactorily solved or a revision of the peace terms promised, we must get ready to start non-co-operation. The Committee is making preparations in this behalf. Meantime, the following can be done:

Not to subscribe to new loans.

Not to register one’s name for recruitment in military or civil service.

The Government has no right to occupy Mesopotamia. Mandate is in fact nothing but occupation. Moreover, according to newspaper reports, the Arabs do not like even the sight of Indian soldiers there. Whether or not this is true, it is the duty of every Indian not to join such service. Those who go to Mesopotamia will be doing so merely for money. We must refuse to do this, if we do no more.

Not only can it never be our duty to rule by force over the Arabs, but we, who do not wish to remain in slavery, cannot wish to make others slaves.

Thus it behoves us not to subscribe to new loans and to refuse, from this very day, to offer ourselves as new recruits for service under the Government, especially for service which requires us to go to Mesopotamia.

In addition, it is hoped that the following things will be done from 1 August onwards:

Titles and honorary positions will be renounced.

Legislatures will be boycotted.

Parents will withdraw their children from Government schools.

Lawyers will give up practice and help people to settle their civil disputes among themselves.

Invitations to Government functions, parties, etc., will be politely refused, non-co-operation being given as the sole reason for doing so.

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