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.

Aliases (3)

Civil disobedience movement ×4
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 Satyagraha →
country	India →
endYear	1934 →
followedBy	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 → 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	Dandi March → Salt Satyagraha in coastal regions → mass arrests of Congress leaders →
opponent	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 →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kamala Nehru → Kasturba Gandhi → Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ("Civil disobedience movement") →	participatedIn
Anugrah Narayan Sinha → Mahadev Desai ("Civil disobedience movement") →	participantIn
Gandhi–Irwin Pact → Quit India movement →	precededBy
Indian National Congress movement → Indian independence movement →	significantEvent
British salt monopoly →	causeOf
British salt monopoly →	challengedBy
National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi ("Civil disobedience movement") →	commemorates
Gandhi–Irwin Pact →	context
Indian nationalism →	hasKeyEvent
Swadeshi movement →	influenced
Mahatma Gandhi ("Salt March") →	knownFor
Sarojini Naidu ("Civil disobedience movement") →	movement
British India →	notableEvent
Salt March ("Civil Disobedience Movement (1930–1934)") →	precedes