​Government Response

Talks between Gandhi and Viceroy Reading broke down in May 1921 because the government wanted Gandhi to urge the Ali brothers to remove portions of their speeches that suggested violence.

  • Gandhi recognised that the government was attempting to divide him from the Khilafat leaders and refused to fall into the trap.
  • The government retaliated harshly against the protestors in December.
  • Volunteer corps was declared illegal, public meetings were prohibited, the press was silenced, and most leaders, with the exception of Gandhi, were ....
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