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प्रश्न
Explain the following statement with reason.
Gandhiji began fast unto death in the Yerwada jail.
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उत्तर
- Following the Second Round Table Conference, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, who represented the Dalits, called for separate electorates.
- Ramsay McDonald declared the communal prize, which included separate electorates for Dalits.
- However, Gandhi rejected this because the proclamation was based on caste, which would jeopardize the country's integration.
- As a protest, Gandhi began fasting to death at Yerwada jail for granting a caste-based electorate.
संबंधित प्रश्न
State any two causes that led to the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930.
Answer the following question in 25 to 30 words.
Why did Gandhiji decide to break the Salt Act to begin the satyagraha all over the country?
Complete the following timeline of Civil Disobedience Movement.

What did the programme of Civil Disobedience consist of?
Why was the Dandi March undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi?
How did the British Government react to the Dandi March?
Who is popularly known as the Frontier Gandhi?
Mention any two events which led to the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930.
Why was the ‘Civil Disobedience Movement’ of March 1930, withdrawn?
Or
What assurance did Gandhiji withdraw the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Why was the Simon Commission appointed by the British Government? Why did the Congress boycott the Commission.
