Question

Locate and label the following on the outline political map of India.
(i) Ahmedabad – the cotton mill workers Satyagraha
(ii) Place where Gandhiji broke salt law.
(iii) Place associated with the Indian National Congress Session of 1927.

Answer 1

Explanation:

1.kheda Gujarat

2.coastal town of dandi

3.madras

Answer 2

i) Ahmedabad

ii) Dandi

iii) Madras

Explanation:

i) As part of the non-cooperation movement, Mahatma Gandhi organized a Satyagraha for the cotton mill workers to protest against the Gujarat Mill in 1918 at Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India. The mill workers of Kheda participated in the Satyagraha.

ii) On 12 March, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi accompanied by 78 of his followers set out on foot to the coastal village of Dandi in Gujarat. On 6 April 1930, they reached Dandi and violated the Britisher's salt law and manufactured salt by boiling sea water.

iii) The INC session of 1927 was held at Madras, Tamil Nadu for three days (26–28 December, 1927). The President of the session was Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari. This session decided to boycott the Simon Commission, passed a resolution against the use of the Indian Troops in China, Mesopotamia and Persia, and adopted the Independence Resolution.