Question

Which among the following movements started with breaking the salt law?

• A. Non-cooperation Movement
• B. Civil Disobedience Movement
• C. Quit India Movement
• D. Home Rule Movement

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Civil Disobedience Movement

• Civil Disobedience Movement(1930) is regarded as the second major mass movement and a distinct advancement in widening the social reach of India's struggle for freedom after the Non-Cooperation Movement.

• Known also as Salt Satyagraha, it was also the first time when Congress put the objective of complete independence to the British authority as well as to the Indian masses.

• The Civil Disobedience Movement was formally launched by Mahatma Gandhi on 6 April 1930 by breaking salt law after his historic Dandi March.

• It was followed by the widespread arrest of national leaders throughout the nation