Question

Explain the features of gandhiji eleven demands?What did it lead to?

Answer 1

Answer:

This truth is not taught in schools and colleges. The eleven demands of Gandhi ji made to Lord Irvwin were :-

(1) Prohibit intoxicants, liquor

(2) Change the exchange ratio between the rupee and the sterling,

(3) Reduce the rate of land revenue,

(4) Abolition of salt tax,

(5) Reduce the military expenditure,

(6) Reduce expenditure on civil administration,

(7) Impose custom duty on foreign cloth,

(8) Accept the Postal Reservation Bill,

(9) Abolish the CID department,

(10) Release all political prisoners, and

(11) Issue licenses of fire arms to citizens for self-protection.

Gandhi made it clear that if the 11 points are ignored, the only way out was civil disobedience. This is shocking to know that Jawaharlal Nehru condemned these demands by calling them anticlimax.

If the demands were not fulfilled by 11th March, the Congress would launch Civil disobedience movement.