Very Short Question and Answers - Civil Disobedience Movement (1930–34)

The main demand was for complete independence (Purna Swaraj) from British rule.

It was boycotted because it had no Indian members, which Indians saw as an insult.

The slogan used was 'Simon Go Back!'.

Lala Lajpat Rai was injured in a lathi charge and later died as a result.

Jawaharlal Nehru presided over the Lahore session in 1929.

The goal of Purna Swaraj, or complete independence, was declared.

It was first celebrated on 26 January 1930.

Because salt was a basic necessity and the British had placed a heavy tax on it.

They marched 240 miles over 24 days from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat.

Gandhi made salt by evaporating seawater, which broke the British salt law.

Refusal to obey unjust laws and boycott of foreign goods.

Salt, forest, and liquor laws were commonly broken.

Gandhi agreed to suspend the movement and attend the Second Round Table Conference; the government agreed to release political prisoners (except those accused of violence) and allow peaceful protest.

Because the Second Round Table Conference failed to satisfy Congress demands.

They responded with severe repression.

It gradually ended by 1934.

Women and peasants joined the movement in large numbers.

It helped spread nationalist ideas deeper into rural India.

It strengthened the resolve for complete independence from British rule.

It was significant because it directly challenged British economic authority in rural areas.