Subhas Chandra Bose and Non-Cooperation

The Special  session of the Congress was held in Calcutta in September, 1920, presided by Lala Lajpat Rai,. He came to India after a long forced internment in U.S.A. The Congress decided,  among other things, to launch a  progressive non-violent and Non-Cooperation movement to be inaugurated by Mr. Gandhi. Subhaas Bose had his desire fulfilled and both he and C.R.Das with other Bengal organizers were arrested on December 10, and sentence to six months in Jail. This was the first time that subhas was arrested and jailed. He mocked at the Judge, "only for six months. Have I stolen a Chicken"

Janaki Nath Bose wrote to Sarat Chandra Bose, on Dec 1921" We are proud of Subhas and proud of you all". When the whole of India was charged with the Non-Coopoeration movement, the Working Committee of the Congress in a meeting held at Bardoli on 11 and 12 February 1922, decided to suspend the Civil Disobedience and non-cooperation movement in view of the violation of the preconditions of an incident at Chauri Choura  , 17 Nov 1921 and 13 Jan 1922 in Bombay and Madras respectively. Subhas Chandra Bose arrived in Bombay from Cambridge on 16 th July 1921 when India was in the midst of hectic political activities at the Gandhi's call for Swaraj. He participated in a parade illegally and was arrested on 10 Dec 1921 . He was arrested and sentenced for six months along with others including C.R.Das.  was arrested on 10 Dec 1921.
A few years later  Subhas wrote, " I had the privilege to be in the same jail with him for eight months in 1921-22.  For a couple of months , we were in the Presidency jail occupying two adjacent cells, and the remaining six monthswe were in big hall along with several other friends in the Alipore central jail."