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Mahatma Gandhi And The Nationalist Movement
Under which circumstances was the Civil Disobedience Movement launched?
The Indian National Congress had passed a resolution for Complete Independence at its Lahore Session in 1929. Gandhiji warned the government : “Either give complete independence or we prepared of Civil Disobedience Movement.” When the government did not accede to his first option, Mahatma Gandhi adopted the path of Civil Disobedience Movement.
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How was Mahatma Gandhi perceived by the peasants?
Why did the salt laws become an important issue of struggle?
Why are newspapers an important source for the study of the national movement?
Why was the charkha chosen as a symbol of nationalism?
How was non-cooperation a form of protest?
Why were the dialogues at the Round Table Conference inconclusive?
In what way did Mahatma Gandhi transform the nature of the national movement?
What do private letters and autobiographies tell us about an individual? How are these sources different from official accounts?
Find out about the route of the Dandi March. On a map of Gujarat plot the line of the march and mark the major towns and villages that it passed along the route.
Choose any event that took place during the national movement. Try and read the letters and speeches of the leaders of the time. Some of these are now published. He could be a local leader from the region where you live. Try and see how the local leaders viewed the activities of the national leadership at the top. Write about the movement based on your reading..
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