Describe the role of Mahatma Gandhi in non corporation movement and civil disobedience movement.
Solution:
- The non-cooperation and the civil disobedience movements were landmark moments during India's independence struggle. Both played a key role in ensuring that India’s independence from British rule was guaranteed on 15th August 1947, and both were launched by Mahatma Gandhi.
- Non cooperation movement: It was launched on September 4th, 1920 and ended on 4th February 1922. The Non-cooperation Movement was a movement organised by Mahatma Gandhi in an attempt to persuade the British government in India to grant self-government, or swaraj, to India.
- Civil-Disobedience: The Civil Disobedience Movement was an attempt at paralysing the administration by breaking some specific rules and regulations. The popular salt march was started by Mahatma Gandhi. The march covered over 240 miles, from Gandhiji’s ashram in a place called Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi. On 6 April he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law, and started manufacturing salt by boiling seawater. This movement marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement. Foreign cloth was boycotted and liquor shops were picketed. Peasants refused to pay revenue and taxes. People also broke the forest laws.