Very Short Answer (VSA) Type Questions
6. Why was the Kheda Satyagraha launched by Gandhiji?
7. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted?
8. When was Non-Cooperation Movement called off by Gandhiji?
9. Name the personality who organised the Dalits into the Depressed Classes Association
10. Who created the first image of Bharat Mata?
Answers
Explanation:
ans6- The Kheda Satyagraha was started in the Kheda district of Gujarat , by Gandhiji . It was started in 1918 . Gandhi ji organised this movement to support peasants of kheda district . The peasants of kheda could not be able to pay high taxes of british due to crop failure and plague epidemic . It was also one of the major revolt in Indian Independence.
ans7)- ) It was boycotted everywhere because all its members were Englishmen.
(ii) The government showed no inclination towards accepting the demand for Swaraj
ans8)-After an angry mob murdered police officers in the village of Chauri Chaura (now in Uttar Pradesh state) in February 1922, Gandhi himself called off the movement; the next month he was arrested without incident. The movement marked the transition of Indian nationalism from a middle-class to a mass basis.
ans9)- Dr.Bhim Rao ambedkar.
ans10)-Abindranath tagore