Civil Disobedience Movement and Round

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in December 1928 that the Nehru Report was approved at

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at the Calcutta session of the Congress

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Irwin’s Declaration (October 31, 1929

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The purpose behind the declaration was to “restore

faith in the ultimate purpose of British policy

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which put forward certain

conditions for attending the Round Table Conference

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‘Delhi Manifesto

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We have now an open conspiracy to free this country from foreign rule and you, comrades, and all our countrymen and countrywomen are invited to join it

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Nehru declared in his presidential address

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At midnight on the banks of the newly adopted

tricolour flag of freedom was hoisted by Jawaharlal Nehru amidst slogans of Inquilab Zindabad December 31, 1929

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River Ravi,

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Gandhi’s Eleven Demands

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gave an ultimatum of January 31, 1930 to accept or reject these demands.

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Gandhi broke the salt law by

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picking up a lump of salt at Dandi on

April 6.

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Gandhi’s arrest came on May 4, 1930 when he had announced that he would lead a raid on

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Dharasana Salt Works on the west

coast

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After Gandhi’s arrest, the CWC sanctioned:

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non-payment of revenue in ryotwari areas;
● no-chowkidara-tax campaign in zamindari areas; and
● violation of forest laws in the Central Provinces

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In Tamil Nadu organised a march from Thiruchirapalli to Vedaranniyam on the Tanjore (or Thanjavur) coast to break the salt law

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C. Rajagopalachari

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break the Choolai mills strike during CDM at

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Tamil Nadu

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famed for the Vaikom Satyagraha

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K. Kelappan, a Nair Congress leader

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the future founder of the Kerala Communist

movement, heroically defended the national flag in the face of police lathi-charge

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P. Krishna Pillai,

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A number of sibirams (military style camps) were set up to serve as the headquarters of the Salt Satyagraha in

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Andhra Region

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Gandhian leader, salt satyagraha proved effective in the coastal regions of Balasore, Cuttack and Puri distri

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Gopalbandhu Chaudhuri

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Cunningham Circular, which banned students’ participation in politics, was seen in May 1930. in

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In Assam

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, in December 1930, incited the aboriginal Kachari villages to break forest laws, which was, however, denied by the Assam Congress leadership

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Chandraprabha Saikiani

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In Patna, Nakhas Pond was chosen as a site to make salt and break the salt law under

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Ambika Kant Sinha

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very powerful nochaukidari

tax agitation replaced the salt satyagraha

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Bihar

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, influenced by Gandhism, led a movement in Hazaribagh which combined socio-religious reform along ‘sanskritising’ lines, in which followers were asked to give up meat and liquor, and use khadi

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Bonga Majhi and Somra Majhi

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, also called Badshah Khan and Frontier

Gandhi,

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Gaffar Khan

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first Pushto political monthly

Pukhtoon

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Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan’s

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It was here that a section of Garhwal Rifles soldiers refused to fire on an unarmed crowd.

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Peshawar

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The activists established a virtual parallel

government which could only be dislodged with martial law after May 16

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Sholapur

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On May 21, 1930, took up the unfinished task

of leading a raid on the Dharasana Salt Works

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Sarojini Naidu, Imam Sahib and Manilal (Gandhi’s son)

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determined no-tax movement was organised here which included refusal to pay land revenue.

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Gujrat

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These areas saw defiance of forest laws such as grazing and timber restrictions and public sale of illegally acquired forest produce.

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Maharashtra, Karnataka, Central Provinces

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Since most of the zamindars were loyalists, the campaign became virtually a norent campaign.

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United Provinces

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We are free people, the white men should not rule over us,”

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Rani Gaidinliu, a Naga spiritual leader, who followed her cousin Haipou Jadonan

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be allowed to explore the possibility of peace

between the Congress and the government

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Tej Bahadur Sapru and M.R. Jayakar

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, placed the Congress on an equal footing with the government

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This Delhi Pact, 1931.also known as the Gandhi-Irwin Pact

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The viceroy, however, turned down two of Gandhi’s

demands

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public inquiry into police excesses, and
(ii) commutation of Bhagat Singh and his comrades’
death sentence to life sentence.

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In March 1931, a special session of the Congress was held at Karachi to

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endorse the Gandhi-Irwin Pact

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Separate electorates were being demanded by

t

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the Muslims, depressed classes, Christians and Anglo-Indians. All these came together in a ‘Minorities’ Pact’.

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Communal award accorded

separate electorates for

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Muslims, Europeans, Sikhs, Indian

Christians, Anglo-Indians, depressed classes, and even to the Marathas for some seats in Bombay