Question

Define the Civil Disobedience Movement and its cause

Answer 1

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From the very start, Gandhi had an agenda of Non -violence, Swaraj, Swadeshi and Boycott. The laws of the British government were most oppressive. On 31 January 1930, he sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin stating eleven demands. These demands were of general interests which identified with all classes within Indian society. Salt was consumed by the rich and the poor alike. The salt tax was the most utmost stirring of all because the government had a monopoly over its production. The eleven demands were an ultimatum to the government failing to accomplish which he would resort to his agenda of swaraj. Hereby, Gandhi chose to break the salt law peacefully. This instigated the Civil disobedience movement and the salt march to Dandi.

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