Question

Evaluate the role of business classes in the civil disobedience movement ​

Answer 1

1.The business classes reacted against colonial policies that restricted business activities.

2.They wanted protection against imports of foreign goods and a rupee sterling foreign exchange ratio that would discourage imports.

3.In order to organize business interest, they formed the Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress in 1920 and the Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) in 1927.

4.They gave financial assistance for the movement.

5.They refused to buy and sell imported goods.

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Answer 2

The role of business classes in the 'Civil Disobedience' Movement : 

(a) Indian industrialists had made huge profits during the First World War. 

(b) They became powerful. They wanted to expand their business, they wanted protection against imports of foreign goods. 

(c) They formed the Indian Industries and Commercial Congress in 1920. 

(d) They formed Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries in 1927. 

(e) Purshotamdas, Thakurdas and G.D Birla attacked colonial control over the Indian economy and supported the Civil Disobedience Movement.