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Nationalism in India
Describe the significance of the Civil Disobedience Movement in the freedom struggle of India.
The significance Civil Disobedience Movement:
(i )People were asked to not only refuse cooperation with the British (as they had done in 1921–22), but also break the colonial laws.
(ii) Thousands in different parts of the country broke the salt law, manufactured salt and demonstrated in front of government salt factories.
(iii) As the movement spread, foreign cloth was boycotted and liquor shops were picketed.
(iv) Peasants refused to pay revenue and chaukidari taxes and village officials resigned.
(v) In many places, forest people violated forest laws by going into reserved forests to collect wood and graze cattle.
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What is meant by the idea of satyagraha?
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
The Simon Commission
Compare the images of Bharat Mata in this chapter with the image of Germania in Chapter 1.
List all the different social groups which joined the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921. Then choose any three and write about their hopes and struggles to show why they joined the movement.
Discuss the Salt March to make clear why it was an effective symbol of resistance against colonialism.
Imagine you are a women participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Explain what the experience meant to your life.
Why did political leaders differ sharply over the question of separate electorates?
When was the Indian National Congress formed?
Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
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