What were the causes of civil disobedience movement.?Discuss how gandhi sarted this movement??
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Explanation:To carry forward the mandate given by the Lahore Congress,
Gandhi presented eleven demands to the government and gave
demands. The demands were as follows.
an ultimatum of January 31, 1930 to accept or reject these demands. The demands were as follows:
Issues of General Interest
Reduce expenditure on Army and civil services by
50 per cent.
2. Introduce total prohibition.
3. Carry out reforms in Criminal Investigation
Department (CID).
4 Change Arms Act allowing popular control of issue
of firearms license.
5. Release political prisoners.
6. Accept Postal Reservation Bill.
Specific Bourgeois Demands
7. Reduce rupee-sterling exchange ratio to 1s 4d
8. Introduce textile protection.
9. Reserve coastal shipping for Indians.
Specific Peasant Demands
10. Reduce land revenue by 50 per cent.
11. Abolish salt tax and government's salt monopoly.
With no positive response forthcoming from the
government on these demands, the Congress Working
Committee invested Gandhi with full powers to launch the
Civil Disobedience Movement at a time and place of his
vice. By February-end, Gandhi had decided to make salt
the central formula for the movement