Question

The Civil Disobedience Movement was the first mass freedom movement in India in the true sense. Justify the statement.
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Answer 1

The Civil Disobedience Movement was the first mass freedom movement in India in the true sense.

• It was initiated by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930, when he started the famous Dandi March and was followed by a large number of Indians.
• On the 6th of April, the breaking of the salt law marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience movement and it had outraged the feeling of nationalism among people.
• The salt law had adversely impacted all the sections of the society, especially the poor. So, nearly everyone including shopkeepers, peasants, workers, tribals had joined the movement.
• Thus, it was the first mass freedom movement in India in the true sense.