Pakshal SecretryAIR 8 · CSE 2025 · 209 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening
"When state becomes lawless and corrupt, civil disobedience becomes a duty" - Gandhiji
Giving this clarion from the coast of Dandi, the CDM began in 1930.
Body
Events leading to CDM
(A) Immediate Trigger (1) Non-Acceptance of Gandhiji's 11 demands to Irwin (2) No Swaraj/dominion status post 1 year of Nehru Report. (3) High cost of salt → Pauperisation of people.
(B) Long Term Events (4) Nehru's resolution on demand for full independence (5) S-TS (Struggle-Truce-Struggle) strategy of Gandhiji → post truce of Chauri Chaura → Struggle (6) Readiness of Congress organisation and people. (7) Simon Commission and non-inclusion of Indians in it. (8) Anger over sentence to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev along with death of Lajpat.
Outcome
Positive (1) Simple salt shook the might of British Empire (2) foreign sympathy for India's cause of independence eg Dharsana Satyagrah (3) Widescale mobilisation of people across India (4) Promotion of Khadi and rural industries (5) Active breaching of law → Act of defiance of authority (6) Awareness among people and national unity
Issues →
- Limited participation of Muslims
- Brutal crackdown in later period by Willingdon
Abrupt calling off
Close
"CDM is pivot moment, changing direction of Indian National Movement from mere protest to a revolution" - Bipin