Learn about Gandhi's Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930, its impact, the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, and the Karachi Congress session, shaping India's independence struggle. Civil disobedience is the active and professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders, or commands of a government (or any other authority). By some definitions, civil disobedience has to be nonviolent to be called " civil ". Civil Disobedience Movement , one of the most pivotal episodes in India’s struggle for independence from British rule, was launched under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi in 1930. This non-violent movement aimed at defying British laws through Civil disobedience , marked a significant escalation from the earlier Non-Cooperation Movement , emphasizing not just refusal to cooperate with the British authorities but actively breaking colonial laws. The movement was sparked by the Salt March, a ... 8.1 INTRODUCTION In the earlier Unit, you read about the Non-Cooperation Movement started by the Congress. Though this movement failed to achieve its goals yet it succeeded in involving millions of people in the movement against the British Raj. After a gap of about eight years in 1930, the Congress again gave the call for a mass movement known as the Civil Disobedience Movement . The developments in the Indian situation since the withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement , and the unchanging ...
