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The Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement began in January 1921 and started with middle-class participation in the cities. Thousands of students left government-controlled schools and colleges, headmasters and teachers resigned, and lawyers gave up their legal practices. The council elections were boycotted in most provinces except Madras, where the Justice Party, the party of the non-Brahmans, felt that entering the council was one way of gaining some power-something that usually only Brahmans had access to. The effects of non-cooperation on the economic front were more dramatic. Foreign goods were boycotted, liquor shops picketed, and foreign cloth burnt in huge bonfires. The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922, its value dropping from 102 crores to 57 crores. In many places, merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade. As the boycott movement spread, and people began discarding imported clothes and wearing only Indian ones, production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up.

How were the effects of ‘Non-cooperation on the economic front’ dramatic?

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Public was not interested in buying foreign goods.

The merchant and traders imported goods from other countries.

The merchant and traders exported indigenous goods to other countries

The merchant and traders refused to trade in foreign goods to finance foreign trade.

answer is D.

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The effects of ‘Non-cooperation on the economic front was dramatic because The merchant and traders refused to trade in foreign goods to finance foreign trade. The Non-Cooperation Khilafat Movement, initiated in January 1921, had dramatic consequences on the economic front. The traders and merchants who used to trade in foreign goods refused to trade in foreign goods and finance the foreign trade. The import of foreign commodities dropped during the Non-Cooperation movement, and the value of imported goods fell from 102 crores to 57 crores. Traders and merchants trading in foreign goods and financing foreign trade were considered traitors supporting British dominance. Indian products were given more importance than imported goods. Indian markets were flourishing during the Non-Cooperation movement. Cooperation proved to be a significant setback for the British government in India.

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