Why did different social groups join civil disobedience movement explain?
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Explanation:
All the groups that participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement did not have the same ideals, or same views of “Swaraj”.
(i) In the countryside : The active members were the rich peasant communities, the Patidars of Gujarat and the Jats of Uttar Pradesh.
Reason : They were producers of commercial crops which were hit by the trade depression and falling prices. As cash income disappeared they were unable to pay the government’s revenue demands. The government refused to reduce its demands. So they joined the Civil Disobedience Movement, hoping to get the revenue demands reduced. For them “Swaraj” meant fighting against high revenues.
(ii) The poor peasants joined the movement because they were unable to pay the rent for the land they cultivated for the landlords. They did not own the land, they were small tenants who cultivated lands taken on rent from the landlords. As the Depression continued, the small tenants could not pay the rent, so they joined the movement hoping that their unpaid rent would be remitted.
(iii) The rich merchants and industrialists joined the movement to protest against colonial policies that restricted business activities. They wanted protection against import of foreign goods and a rupee-sterling foreign exchange ratio to discourage imports.
(iv) The industrial workers joined the Civil Disobedience Movement dropping to get their demands passed — like laws against low wages and poor working conditions. All four classes were disappointed by the movement.
(a) The rich peasants lost interest because the movement was called off in 1931 without the revenue rates being revised and reduced. Many of them did not join the movement when it was resumed in 1932.
(b) The poor peasants were disappointed because the Congress was unwilling to support their “no rent” campaign.
(c) The industrialists were unhappy with the spread of militant activities and increasing influence of socialism in the Congress. They could not achieve their goal of colonial restrictions on business taken away, so they lost interest.
(d) The industrial working class did not get full Congress support as the Congress did not want to alienate the industrialists and divide the anti-colonial struggle. It could not include the workers’ demand in its programme
The following were the different social groups who
participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement with
different objectives:
a. These rich peasants due to the trade depression,
falling prices and disappeared cash income
were not able to pay the revenue and also the
government refused to reduce the revenue. Their
notion for Swaraj struggle was basically a struggle
against high revenue.
b. For the poor peasantry groups, the meaning of
Swaraj was lowering the revenue demand and also
they wanted the unpaid rent to be remitted.
c. Women also participated in large scale in the civil
disobedience movement during the salt march by
Gandhiji. They belonged to the high caste families
from the urban areas and rich peasant households
from the rural areas. For them it was a sacred
duty to serve the nation.