The Non-Cooperation Movement remained non-violent at most of the places. But some people interpreted the message of Mahatma Gandhi in their own ways; mostly to suit their local grievances.
- The Patidar peasants of Kheda (Gujarat) organized non-violent campaigns against the high land revenue demand.
- Liquor shops were picketed in coastal Andhra and interior Tamil Nadu.
- The tribals and poor peasants in Guntur district (Andhra Pradesh) staged a number of forest satyagrahas; to protest against the new forest laws.
- The Khilafat-Non-Cooperation Movement gave enormous support in Sind and Bengal.
- In Punjab, the Akali agitation of the Sikhs demanded to remove the corrupt mahants from gurdwaras.
- In Assam, the tea garden labourers demanded a big hike in their wages. They shouted the slogan, “Gandhi Maharaj ki jai”. In many folk songs of Assam; Gandhiji was referred to as “Gandhi Raja”.
