Civil Disobedience Movement

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Indian nationalist movement nonviolent resistance movement political campaign

The Civil Disobedience Movement was a major Indian nationalist campaign in the early 1930s, led by Mahatma Gandhi, that used mass nonviolent resistance—most famously the Salt March—to challenge British colonial rule.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Civil Disobedience Movement canonical	28
Civil disobedience movement	6
Civil Disobedience Movement (1930–1934)	1
Salt March	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian nationalist movement ⓘ nonviolent resistance movement ⓘ political campaign ⓘ
aim	abolition of repressive laws ⓘ attainment of Purna Swaraj ⓘ end of British monopoly on salt ⓘ reduction of land revenue ⓘ release of political prisoners ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Salt March ⓘ surface form: Salt Satyagraha
country	India ⓘ
endYear	1934 ⓘ
followedBy	Quit India movement ⓘ surface form: Quit India Movement
geographicScope	all-India ⓘ
ideology	Indian nationalism ⓘ
inspiredBy	Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ Satyagraha ⓘ
keyFigure	C. Rajagopalachari ⓘ Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Sarojini Naidu ⓘ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ surface form: Vallabhbhai Patel
leader	Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
legalContext	repressive colonial ordinances ⓘ salt tax laws ⓘ
mainTactic	boycott of British goods ⓘ refusal to obey colonial laws ⓘ refusal to pay certain taxes ⓘ salt law violations ⓘ
method	civil disobedience ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ
movementType	mass movement ⓘ
negotiation	Gandhi–Irwin Pact ⓘ
notableEvent	Salt March ⓘ surface form: Dandi March Salt Satyagraha in coastal regions ⓘ mass arrests of Congress leaders ⓘ
opponent	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj
opposedTo	British colonial rule in India ⓘ
organizedBy	Indian National Congress ⓘ
partOf	Indian independence movement ⓘ
philosophicalBasis	Satyagraha ⓘ ahimsa ⓘ
precededBy	Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ
relatedTo	Salt March ⓘ
result	increased international attention to Indian independence struggle ⓘ strengthening of Indian National Congress ⓘ widespread political mobilization in India ⓘ
startYear	1930 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 1930s ⓘ
triggerEvent	Salt March ⓘ

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Mahatma Gandhi → knownFor → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salt March

British India → notableEvent → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Indian independence movement → significantEvent → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Quit India movement → precededBy → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Kasturba Gandhi → participatedIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Salt March → precedes → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil Disobedience Movement (1930–1934)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel → participatedIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil disobedience movement

Gandhi–Irwin Pact → context → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Gandhi–Irwin Pact → precededBy → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Swadeshi movement → influenced → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Sarojini Naidu → movement → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil disobedience movement

Mahadev Desai → participantIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil disobedience movement

Kamala Nehru → participatedIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Indian National Congress movement → significantEvent → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Anugrah Narayan Sinha → participantIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

British salt monopoly → causeOf → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

British salt monopoly → challengedBy → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi → commemorates → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil disobedience movement

Indian nationalism → hasKeyEvent → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur → participatedIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Nightingale of India → participatedIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Sarojini Naidu

C. R. → participatedIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

subject surface form: C. Rajagopalachari

this entity surface form: Civil disobedience movement

Swarup Rani → movement → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil disobedience movement

S. Satyamurti → participatedIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

State Administration Council → opposedBy → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Myanmar pro-democracy movement → hasKeyOrganization → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

K. Kamaraj → participatedIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Swaraj movement → relatedTo → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Anugrah Babu → participatedIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Anugrah Narayan Sinha

Lahore Session of 1929 → preceded → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Salt Act → notableEvent → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Basanti Devi → movement → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Basanti Devi → participatedIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Bengal Provincial Congress Committee → associatedEvent → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

British policies in India → provoked → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ

Purushottam Das Tandon → participatedIn → Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ