civil disobedience movement
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ᴄɪᴠɪʟ ᴅɪsᴏʙᴇᴅɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ
ɪɴ 1930, ɢᴀɴᴅʜɪᴊɪ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄɪᴠɪʟ ᴅɪsᴏʙᴇᴅɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇsᴛ. ʜᴇ ᴀɴɴᴏᴜɴᴄᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀʟᴛ ʟᴀᴡ ʜɪᴍsᴇʟғ. ɪɴ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴅᴀʏs, sᴀʟᴛ ᴍᴀɴᴜғᴀᴄᴛᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏɴᴏᴘᴏʟʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴠᴇʀɴᴍᴇɴᴛ. ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀʏ ᴛᴀx ᴡʜᴇɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴘᴜʀᴄʜᴀsᴇᴅ sᴀʟᴛ.
ᴏɴ 12 ᴍᴀʀᴄʜ 1930, ɢᴀɴᴅʜɪᴊɪ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏғ ʜɪs ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡᴇʀs, ᴍᴀʀᴄʜᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ sᴀʙᴀʀᴍᴀᴛɪ ᴀsʜʀᴀᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴀsᴛᴀʟ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴏғ ᴅᴀɴᴅɪ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇ ɢᴏᴠᴇʀɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ʟᴀᴡs ʙʏ ɢᴀᴛʜᴇʀɪɴɢ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ sᴀʟᴛ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴀsʜᴏʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴏɪʟɪɴɢ sᴇᴀ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇ sᴀʟᴛ.
ɢᴀɴᴅʜɪᴊɪ's ᴅᴀɴᴅɪ ᴍᴀʀᴄʜ ᴍᴀʀᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄɪᴠɪʟ ᴅɪsᴏʙᴇᴅɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ.
The following were the main features of the Civil Disobedience movement:
a) The people refused to obey unjust laws. Gandhi led the Dandi March and broke the unjust salt tax law as a challenge to the British Government.
b) Foreign cloth was boycotted and liquor shops were picketed. Peasants refused to pay revenue and taxes. People also broke the forest laws.
c) Schools, colleges and government offices and institutions were boycotted.
d) There was large- scale arrest of people and leaders who participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement.