Civil Disobedience Movement

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The Civil Disobedience Movement was a major Indian nationalist campaign in the early 1930s, led by Mahatma Gandhi, that used mass nonviolent resistance—most famously the Salt March—to challenge British colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian nationalist movement
nonviolent resistance movement
political campaign
aim abolition of repressive laws
attainment of Purna Swaraj
end of British monopoly on salt
reduction of land revenue
release of political prisoners
alsoKnownAs Salt Satyagraha
linked to: Salt March
country India
endYear 1934
followedBy Quit India Movement
linked to: Quit India movement
geographicScope all-India
ideology Indian nationalism
inspiredBy Non-Cooperation Movement
Satyagraha
keyFigure C. Rajagopalachari
Jawaharlal Nehru
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Mahatma Gandhi
Sarojini Naidu
Vallabhbhai Patel
leader Mahatma Gandhi
legalContext repressive colonial ordinances
salt tax laws
mainTactic boycott of British goods
refusal to obey colonial laws
refusal to pay certain taxes
salt law violations
method civil disobedience
nonviolent resistance
movementType mass movement
negotiation Gandhi–Irwin Pact
notableEvent Dandi March
linked to: Salt March

Salt Satyagraha in coastal regions
mass arrests of Congress leaders
opponent British Raj
linked to: British India
opposedTo British colonial rule in India
organizedBy Indian National Congress
partOf Indian independence movement
philosophicalBasis Satyagraha
ahimsa
precededBy Non-Cooperation Movement
relatedTo Salt March
result increased international attention to Indian independence struggle
strengthening of Indian National Congress
widespread political mobilization in India
startYear 1930
timePeriod early 1930s
triggerEvent Salt March

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Mahatma Gandhi knownFor Salt March
linked to: Civil Disobedience Movement
British India notableEvent Civil Disobedience Movement
Indian independence movement significantEvent Civil Disobedience Movement
Quit India movement precededBy Civil Disobedience Movement
Kasturba Gandhi participatedIn Civil Disobedience Movement
Salt March precedes Civil Disobedience Movement (1930–1934)
linked to: Civil Disobedience Movement
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel participatedIn Civil disobedience movement
linked to: Civil Disobedience Movement
Gandhi–Irwin Pact context Civil Disobedience Movement
Gandhi–Irwin Pact precededBy Civil Disobedience Movement
Swadeshi movement influenced Civil Disobedience Movement
Sarojini Naidu movement Civil disobedience movement
linked to: Civil Disobedience Movement
Mahadev Desai participantIn Civil disobedience movement
linked to: Civil Disobedience Movement
Kamala Nehru participatedIn Civil Disobedience Movement
Indian National Congress movement significantEvent Civil Disobedience Movement
Anugrah Narayan Sinha participantIn Civil Disobedience Movement
British salt monopoly causeOf Civil Disobedience Movement
British salt monopoly challengedBy Civil Disobedience Movement
National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi commemorates Civil disobedience movement
linked to: Civil Disobedience Movement
Indian nationalism hasKeyEvent Civil Disobedience Movement
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur participatedIn Civil Disobedience Movement
Sarojini Naidu participatedIn Civil Disobedience Movement
subject linked to: Nightingale of India
C. Rajagopalachari participatedIn Civil disobedience movement
subject linked to: C. R.
linked to: Civil Disobedience Movement
Swarup Rani movement Civil disobedience movement
linked to: Civil Disobedience Movement
S. Satyamurti participatedIn Civil Disobedience Movement
State Administration Council opposedBy Civil Disobedience Movement
Myanmar pro-democracy movement hasKeyOrganization Civil Disobedience Movement
K. Kamaraj participatedIn Civil Disobedience Movement
Swaraj movement relatedTo Civil Disobedience Movement
Anugrah Narayan Sinha participatedIn Civil Disobedience Movement
subject linked to: Anugrah Babu
Lahore Session of 1929 preceded Civil Disobedience Movement
Salt Act notableEvent Civil Disobedience Movement
Basanti Devi movement Civil Disobedience Movement
Basanti Devi participatedIn Civil Disobedience Movement
Bengal Provincial Congress Committee associatedEvent Civil Disobedience Movement
British policies in India provoked Civil Disobedience Movement
Purushottam Das Tandon participatedIn Civil Disobedience Movement