Which among the following was not a demand of Mahatma Gandhi to the Go

Which among the following was not a demand of Mahatma Gandhi to the Government as a condition of settlement before he launched the Non-cooperation movement ?

The Government should withdraw the Rowlatt Act
The Government should express regret for the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
The British government should behave leniently with Turkey
The Government should put a better scheme of reforms than that of the Act of 1919
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UPSC CAPF – 2009
Mahatma Gandhi proposed certain conditions for calling off or not launching the Non-cooperation movement. These key demands included the withdrawal of the repressive Rowlatt Act, expressing regret and taking action regarding the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and a just resolution of the Khilafat issue (which involved treating Turkey leniently after World War I). While the Government of India Act 1919 (Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms) was considered inadequate and was boycotted during the movement, demanding a *better scheme of reforms* as a condition *before* launching the movement was not among the primary preconditions directly linked to the immediate triggers of the movement (Rowlatt, Jallianwala Bagh, Khilafat). The focus was on rectifying specific injustices and concerns.
– The Non-cooperation movement (1920-1922) was launched in response to the Rowlatt Act, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and the Khilafat issue.
– Gandhi’s preconditions for cooperation or suspending agitation were directly related to addressing these grievances.
– Demanding a fundamental improvement over the 1919 Act was a general nationalist goal but not one of the specific immediate conditions set by Gandhi to avert the Non-cooperation campaign.
The Khilafat issue concerned the treatment of the Ottoman Caliph by the Allied powers after WWI, which deeply offended Indian Muslims and led to the Khilafat Movement, which later merged with the Non-cooperation Movement under Gandhi’s leadership.
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