The Movement was formally inaugurated on the 1st of August, 1920 by Gandhi with the return of the Kaiser-e-Hind gold medal and the Zulu war medal granted by the British Government to him for his humanitarian works in South Africa. Non-cooperation Movement achieved unprecedented success in Western India, Bengal and Northern India. Many distinguished persons like C.R. Das, Motilal Nehru, Lala Lajpat Rai, Vallabhbhai Patel and Rajendra Prasad left their lucrative legal practice and joined the Movement with Gandhiji. ....Read more