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The Salt March and Civil Disobedience
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- 1Who/how many marched with Gandhi to Dandi Beach?- 78 Marched
-No Women
- 2 muslims - 2How did the British try to deal with Individual Civil Disobedience?Mass arrests and repression
- 3What was the aim of the Salt March?To show the brutality of the British regime. To Provoke the British to react and shame them (ahimsa)
- 4How many people were arrested during the civil disobedience campaign?About 100,000
- 5What was the British reaction to the Salt March?Violence (e.g Dharasana) 20,000 arrested
- 6When was Salt March?1930
- 7How did he Salt March help get international support for the Gandhi/the nationalists?Events were reported worldwide, especially in USA. American reports of Dharasana were read out in Congress (US parliament) and put on official record.
- 8How could the Salt March be used to demonstrate Gandhi's mass support?Prayer Meeting the day before 10,000 attended.
At the start of the March Gandhi held a gathering - 75,000 people attended. - 9How many were killed and injured at Dharasana?2 killed
320 injured - 10What proves that the Salt March and Civil Disobedience were a success?Gandhi - Irwin Pact, round table confs and 1935 Govt of India Act shows British forced to negotiate
International coverage/support esp. from USA
No violence from supporters (unlike 2nd Non Coop) - 11What was Individual Civil Disobedience?\asd
- 12Why was individual civil disobedience successful?Meant more people took part - could protest about what they cared about.
Meant arresting the congress leadership would not end the movement. - 13How did the British react to civil disobedience restarting after the failure of the 2nd Roundtable Conference?Outlawed the working organisation of Congress - all it's local branches and committees. Approx. 100,000 people placed under immediate.
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- A level Edexcel India 1914-48 Flashcards on The Salt March and Civil Disobedience, created by Tom Lea on 15/05/2014.
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