History & Civics
The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Gandhiji with his famous Dandi March on March 12, 1930. Mention the significance of this historic event.
Answer
Gandhiji started the Civil Disobedience Movement with his famous Dandi March.
- On 12th March, Mahatma Gandhi began the historic march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, a village on the Gujarat sea coast.
- A number of people followed him.
- On the morning of 6th April, Gandhiji violated the Salt Law at Dandi by picking up some salt left by the sea waves.
- According to the Salt Law, the government had the monopoly to manufacture and sell salt.
- He had selected to attack the Salt Laws because the salt-tax affected all sections of society, especially the poor.
- Gandhiji's breaking of the Salt Laws marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
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The Calcutta session of the Congress had given an ultimatum to the British Government to accept the Nehru Report or to face a mass movement. Did the British Government accept the Congress' demand? What was its consequence?
(A) Gandhiji withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.
(R) An unruly crowd burnt down a police station at Chauri-Chaura in 1922.
- Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
- Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false
- (A) is false, but (R) is true.
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