Question

Write a brief note on the Civil Disobedience Movement under the leadership of Gandhi?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

MK Gandhi was urged by the Congress to render his much needed leadership to the Civil Disobedience Movement. On the historic day of 12th March 1930, Gandhi inaugurated The Civil Disobedience Movement by conducting the historic Dandi Salt March, where he broke the Salt Laws imposed by the British Government. Followed by an entourage of seventy nine ashramites, Gandhi embarked on his march from his Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi that is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea. On 6th April 1930, Gandhi with the accompaniment of seventy nine satyagrahis, violated the Salt Law by picking up a fistful of salt lying on the sea shore. They manually made salt on the shores of Dandi.

Dandi Salt March had an immense impact on the entire nation. Each and every corner of the country was gripped in a unique fervor of nationalism. Soon this act of violation of the Salt Laws assumed an all India character. The entire nation amalgamated under the call of a single man, Mahatma Gandhi. There were reports of satyagrahas and instances of law violation from Bombay, Central and United Provinces, Bengal and Gujarat. The program of the Civil Disobedience Movement incorporated besides the breaking of the Salt Laws, picketing of shops selling foreign goods and liquor, bonfire of cloth, refusal to pay taxes and avoidance of offices by the public officers and schools by the students. Even the women joined forces against the British. Those from orthodox families did not hesitate to respond to the call of the Mahatma. They took active part in the picketing exercises. Perturbed by the growing popularity of the movement, the British government imprisoned Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, in a bid to thwart it. Thus, the second struggle for attaining Swaraj launched by the Congress, under the able guidance of Mahatma, served the critical function of mobilizing the masses on a large scale against the British.

Answer 2

In 1930 Gandhi started another movement called the Civil Disobedience Movement. He felt that the British were able to rule the country because people followed the law . If people will disobeyed the laws it would be difficult for British to rule the country. The British passed a law which didnot allow anybody other than the British to make or sell the salt. lndians had to pay lot of money to buy a salt even though it was eadily available on the sea coast of India. Gandhi decided to protest against this unjust law . He started a march with 78 people to a village called Dandhi which was on the sea coast . Hundreds of people including women joined him.They picked up grains of salt from the sea coasts against the ordered of the British . This movement spread across the country. Thousand were arrested including Gandhi himself. The whole country was now united against the British and the Gandhi become the leader of a national movement.