BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS LAW
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riot
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political protest
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open, peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice
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covert, violent act against the government
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is a nonviolent action engaged in by an individual who refuses to obey a law for moral or philosophical reasons. The participants in civil disobedience willfully and openly refuse to comply with a law in order to dramatize the issue that they, or the group, find unjust.
Detailed explanation-2: -civil disobedience, also called passive resistance, the refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition; its usual purpose is to force concessions from the government or occupying power.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gandhi adopted the term “civil disobedience” to describe his strategy of non-violently refusing to cooperate with injustice, but he preferred the Sanskrit word satyagraha (devotion to truth).
Detailed explanation-4: -(i) The Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930. He wanted to oppose the colonial rule by breaking laws framed by it. This movement started with the Salt Satygraha (Dandi March) organised by Mahatma Gandhi. He began walking on 12 March 1930 from his Sabarmati Ashram.
Detailed explanation-5: -Civil disobedience is a form of protest that involves the willful refusal to comply with certain laws. While it is not protected by the First Amendment, nonviolent civil disobedience has often been effective in achieving social change, and it has a particularly rich history on campus.