Who influenced peasants to believe that tax payments were unnecessary during the Non-Cooperation Movement?

British officials

Local leaders

University scholars

Italian merchants

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B. Local leaders

Local leaders falsely influenced peasants by claiming that Gandhi had declared that no taxes were to be paid, which sparked unrest.

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