Key Points
Key Points: Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-1934)
- Started in 1930 with Dandi March and breaking of Salt Law
- Aimed at defying British laws (salt, taxes, foreign goods)
- Mass participation across India
- Government repression – arrests, firing, Congress banned
Key Points: Round Table Conference
- Round Table Conferences (1930–32):
Congress boycotted the 1st; Gandhiji attended the 2nd; all failed due to minority issues. - Gandhi–Irwin Pact (1931):
Govt released prisoners & allowed salt making; Congress suspended CDM and joined talks. - Communal Award & Poona Pact (1932):
Separate electorates announced; opposed by Gandhiji → Poona Pact gave reservations without separate electorates. - Renewal & End of CDM:
Talks failed, repression followed, Congress banned; movement withdrawn in 1934.
Concepts [9]
- Simon Commission
- Boycott - Simon Commission
- Demand for Dominion Status by 1929
- Lahore Session and Declaration of 'Poorna Swaraj' as the Congress Objective
- Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-1934)
- Main Features of the Gandhi-irwin Pact
- Round Table Conference
- The Resumption of the Movement (Civil Disobedience Movement)
- Poona Pact
