Many groups joined it for their own specific reasons.
Swaraj did mean the same to all.
The Chauri-Chaura incident of 1922 made Gandhiji call off the movement.
Rebellion in the Countryside
Peasants and tribals took over the struggle which turned violent at times.
In Awadh, Baba Ramchandra fought against landlords and talukdars. In 1920, Jawaharlal Nehru and Baba Ramchandra formed Oudh Kisan Sabha.
In Andhra Pradesh: The peasants of Gudem Hills led a guerilla movement against the British. Their leader, Alluri Sitaram Raju, advocated use of force. He was captured and executed in 1924.
Swaraj in the Plantations
Workers in Assam agitated to move freely, a protest against the Inland Emigration Act (1859) which prevented them from leaving the plantation without permission.
The Movement in the Towns
Middle class took up the fight. Students, teachers, lawyers gave up studies, jobs, practice and joined it in thousands.
The council elections were boycotted in most provinces except Madras.
Foreign goods were boycotted, liquor shops picketed, and foreign cloth burnt in huge bonfires.
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.
This movement in the cities gradually slowed down for a variety of reasons. Example: Khadi cloth was often more expensive than mass-produced mill cloth and poor people could not afford to buy it.
