Write a short note on ‘Civil Disobedience.’
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The following were the main features of the Civil Disobedience movement:
a) The people refused to obey unjust laws. Gandhi led the Dandi March and broke the unjust salt tax law as a challenge to the British Government.
b) Foreign cloth was boycotted and liquor shops were picketed. Peasants refused to pay revenue and taxes. People also broke the forest laws.
c) Schools, colleges and government offices and institutions were boycotted.
d) There was large- scale arrest of people and leaders who participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Civil Disobedience Movement :
The Civil Disobedience Movement was one of the mass movement launched by the Indian National Congress against British imperialism. By 1929, India began to doubt the intention of Britain whether it would execute its declaration of grant of colonial self-government or not.
The Indian National Congress announced in Lahore session 1929 that its goal was to achieve complete independence for India. Mahatma Gandhi waged a civil disobedience movement on 6 April 1930, to emphasize this demand.