WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -“One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Detailed explanation-3: -Breaking of Salt Act gave rise to Civil Disobedience Movements. Major difference between Civil Disobedience Movement and Non cooperation movement was, non cooperation movement refused to cooperate with British but Civil Disobedience Movement refuses to cooperate and also to break the British law.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement (Dandi March) on 1930.

Detailed explanation-6: -The Civil Disobedience Movement was founded on the principle of defying British regulations. From his ashram in Sabarmati, Gandhiji started his legendary Salt March Dandi March to the Gujarati seaside village of Dandi. On April 6, he arrived in Dandi and brazenly defied the law by boiling seawater to make salt.