Question

On which date the Kerala Congress committee resolved to send a batch of Satyagrahi Volunteers from Calicut to Payyannur at northern end of Malabar to offer Salt satyagraha?

• A. 3 April 1930
• B. 6 April 1930
• C. 13 April 1930
• D. 18 march 1930

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 13 April 1930

Salt Satyagraha in Kerala

• The Salt Satyagraha in Kerala was a major wave of protest launched as part of the countrywide Civil Disobedience Movement initiated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930.

• Payyannur in Kannur district was chosen as the main venue for the Salt Satyagraha in Kerala, earning it the epithet 'Second Bardoli'.

• On 9 March 1930, the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) held a meeting at Vadakara and resolved to start the Salt Satyagraha, choosing Payyannur as the center and appointing K. Kelappan as the leader.

• On 13 April 1930, the KPCC resolved to dispatch the first batch of Satyagrahi volunteers on foot from Calicut (Kozhikode) to Payyannur.

• The Satyagrahis successfully reached Payyannur and broke the salt law on 21 April 1930 (with K. Kelappan breaking the law on April 23 at Uliyath Kadavu).