<P> Indians who had participated in the Khilafat movement to restore the status of the Caliph gave their support to the non-cooperation movement . In response to the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and other violence in Punjab, the movement sought to secure Swaraj, independence for India . Gandhi promised Swaraj in one year if his Non-Cooperation programme was fully implemented . The other reason to start the non-cooperation movement was that Gandhi lost faith in constitutional methods and turned from cooperator of British rule to non-cooperator . </P> <P> Other causes include economic hardships to the common man, which the nationalists attributed to the flow of Indian wealth to Britain, the ruin of Indian artisans due to British factory - made goods replacing handmade goods, and resentment with the British government over Indian soldiers dying in World War I while fighting as part of the British Army . </P> <P> The calls of early political leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Congress Extremists) were called major public meetings . They resulted in disorder or obstruction of government services . The British took them very seriously and imprisoned him in mandale in Burma and V.O. Chidambaram Pillai Got 40 years imprisonment . The non-cooperation movement aimed to challenge the colonial economic and power structure, and British authorities would be forced to take notice of the demands of the independence movement . </P> <P> Satyagraha is a Sanskrit term which is a compound of two words: satya ("truth") and agraha ("holding firmly to" or "force"). Gandhi's call was for a nationwide protest against the Rowlatt Act . All offices and factories would be closed . Indians would be encouraged to withdraw from Raj - sponsored schools, police services, the military, and the civil service, and lawyers were asked to leave the Raj's courts . Public transportation and English - manufactured goods, especially clothing, was boycotted . </P>

What was the immediate cause for launching the non cooperation movement