Question

Who was the famous female nationalist leader who participated in the Dandi March?

• A. Sarojini Naidu
• B. Kasturba Gandhi
• C. Kamala Nehru
• D. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Sarojini Naidu

Civil disobedience movement

• The Congress session held at Lahore in 1929 decided to launch the Civil Disobedience Movement under the leadership of Gandhiji. The aim of the movement was to disobey the unjust laws imposed by the British government.

• The Indians had to pay tax for making salt. The doubling of the salt tax by the British government angered people. Gandhiji decided to disobey the salt law

• Gandhiji and 78 followers walked 375 km from the Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi beach (Dandi March). On 6 April 1930 he launched the Civil Disobedience Movement by taking a handful of salt.

• Keralites in Dandi March with Gandhi: C Krishnan Nair, Titus, Sankaran Ezhuthachan and Raghava Pothuval.

• The Civil Disobedience Movement spread all over India. The movement in the north western region was led by Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan, popularly known as 'Frontier Gandhi'.

• Women also participated under the leadership of Sarojini Naidu.

• In the north-east, 13-year old Gaidilieu participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Jawaharlal Nehru described her as 'the Queen of Nagas'.

• The prominent leaders of the Salt Satyagraha campaign in Kerala were K. Madhavan Nair and E. Moidu Maulavi.

• The major centres of the Salt Satyagraha in Kerala were Kozhikode and Payyannur in Kannur.

• The breaking of the Salt Law was organized in Payyannur under the leadership of K. Kelappan.

• Muhammad Abdu Rahman and P. Krishna Pillai led the Salt Satyagraha at the Kozhikode beach