- In the 1930s, British colonial rule in India was strong and oppressive, enforcing repressive laws and increasing taxes, which caused widespread suffering and resentment among Indians.
- Gandhi Ji, responding to this unrest, launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 to fight for “poorna swaraj” (complete independence) through nonviolent resistance.
- The movement began with the Dandi March, where Gandhi marched to the coast to make salt from seawater, deliberately breaking the British salt law as a symbolic act of defiance.
- Indians across the country joined enthusiastically: they boycotted foreign goods, picketed shops, attacked government buildings, and openly violated colonial laws while chanting slogans like “We want swaraj!” and “Go back to your country!”
- Although Gandhi called off the movement in 1931, the struggle continued, ultimately leading to India’s independence and emergence as a free nation in 1947.
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