History & Civics
The whole country was agog with excitement over the Civil Disobedience Movement launched by the Congress in 1930. In this context briefly describe the following:
(a) The Dandi March
(b) Programme of the Movement
Mahatma Gandhi
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(a) On 2nd March, 1930, Gandhi wrote a long letter to the Viceroy, communicating his decision to start the Civil Disobedience Movement.
- On 12th March, Mahatma Gandhi began his historic march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, a village on the Gujarat sea-coast.
- Seventy-eight persons followed him, but as Gandhi advanced others joined the party.
- He reached Dandi on 5th April.
- On the morning of 6th of April Gandhi violated the salt-laws by picking up some salt left by the sea-waves.
- Gandhi's campaign against the salt-laws was a signal to disobey the Government laws.
(b) Civil Disobedience campaign involved-
- defiance of salt laws
- boycott of liquor
- boycott of foreign cloth and British Goods of all kinds
- non-payment of taxes.
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With reference to the following points describe briefly the causes that led to the launching of Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930.
(a) Reaction against the Simon Commission
(b) The Lahore Session of the Congress in 1929 and adoption of Purna Swaraj as the Goal of India
In March 1931 Mahatma Gandhi suspended the Civil Disobedience Campaign and agreed to attend the Second Round Table Conference in London, from where he returned empty-handed to India. In this context describe:
(a) Terms of Gandhi-Irwin Pact, 1931.
(b) Second Round Table Conference, 1931.
(c) Renewal of Civil Disobedience Movement in 1932.
Explain the impact of the Civil Disobedience Movement under the following headings:
(a) A tide of patriotic fervour.
(b) Constitutional Reforms by means of the Government of India Act, 1935.
(c) Its effect upon the life of the poor and the oppressed.