VI. The World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914–1945 > G. South and Southeast Asia, 1914–1945 > 1. India > 1920
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1920
 
Seeking to unite Hindus and Muslims, Gandhi joined the Ali brothers and Azad in organizing the KHILAFAT MOVEMENT to protest the treatment of the Turks by the victorious Allies.  1
 
Aug. 1
 
Death of Tilak, who had been pressing for further constitutional advances. On the same day, Gandhi, accompanied by the Ali brothers, began a nationwide speaking tour to enlist support for a great noncooperation movement, involving a boycott of foreign goods, schools, law courts, official functions, legislatures, and overseas military service. A special session of the congress at Calcutta (Sept. 4–9) approved Gandhi's program, and the regular session at Nagpur (Dec.) reaffirmed it, converted the congress into a mass organization under a hierarchy of full-time leaders, and defined its aim as “the attainment of swaraj (self-rule) by peaceful and legitimate means.”  2
 
 
 
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