Question

Which among the following are true in connection with Civil Disobedience Movement?

1. Civil Disobedience Movement was started with Dandi March.
2. Dandi March was started on March 12, 1930.
3. The March was started with 78 followers of Gandhiji.
4. Gandhiji broke salt law on April 6, 1930.

• A. 2 only
• B. 1 only
• C. 4 only
• D. All of these

Answer 1

Answer:

D. All of these

Civil Disobedience Movement

• The Civil Disobedience Movement was a significant phase of India's struggle for independence against British colonial rule.
• Led by Mahatma Gandhi, it was a nonviolent protest against British laws, taxes, and policies. 
• The movement was officially launched with the Salt March, also known as the Dandi March, on March 12, 1930. 
• Gandhi and a group of around 78 of his followers marched from his ashram in Sabarmati to the coastal village of Dandi, covering a distance of about 240 miles.
• The purpose of the march was to protest the British monopoly on salt production and the salt tax
• It culminated in Gandhi's symbolic act of picking up natural salt from the shores of Dandi on April 6, 1930.