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The non-cooperation Movement was withdrawn because of the Chauri-Chaura incident. Although he had stopped the national revolt singly handedly, on march 10, 1992, Gandhi was arrested. On March 18, 1992, he was imprisoned for six years for publishing seditious materials. Although most Congress leaders remained firmly behind Gandhi, the disillusioned broke away. The Ali brothers soon becomes fierce critics. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das formed the Swaraj Party, rejecting Gandhi's leadership.

Many nationalists had felt that the non-cooperation movement should not have been stopped due to isolated incidents of violence, and most nationalists, while retaining confidence in Gandhi, were discouraged. Contemporary historians and critics suggest that the movement was successful enough to break the back of British rule, and possibly even result in the independence most Indians strove for until 1947.

But many historians and Indian leaders of the time also defend Gandhi's judgement. If he had not stopped the revolts, India could have descended into a chaotic rebellion which would have alienated common Indians and impressed only violent revolutionaries. It is argued, though without any concrete proof, that Gandhi called off the movement in an attempt to salvage his own personal image, which would have been tarnished if he had been blamed for the Chauri Chaura incident. However, historians and contemporary leaders associated with the movement welcomed Gandhi's judgement. Gandhi could not compromise his fundamental principal of non-violence by reluctantly accepting and allowing the violent struggle that evidently was circling round the movement with extremist elements of Indian independence movement at its core.