How did colonial government repress the" civil disobedience movement" ?Explain.
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The Dandi March led to the mass Civil Disobedience movement. During this march, thousands of Indians supported Gandhi from his spiritual retreat near Ahmadabad to the coast of the Arabian Sea and broke salt laws. Indian women participated in large number in this movement; they continued the production of salt and boycotted foreign clothes and goods. Peasants of India refused to pay revenue and Chowkidari taxes. Indian officials resigned from their jobs and in many areas, tribal people violated forest laws.
The reaction of the colonial government came out in its ruthless action to the movement. Colonial government began arresting all prominent leaders of Congress. The colonial force attacked on the peaceful Satyagrahis, in these process women and children were beaten and as many as 60,000 people were imprisoned. Indian National Congress was declared as an illegal organization .
1. all other methods of meeting, forwarding resolution to the government, peaceful demonstration , hartals, etc, has failed.
2. the British government continued the policy of repression.
3. the British government did not accept the 'eleven points' which Gandhi ji had sent to the viceroy.