During Indias independence movement, Mohandas Gandhis boycott of British-made products was effective because the British considered India a major

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During India’s independence movement, Mohandas Gandhi’s boycott of British-made products was effective because the British considered India a major

A	shipping center
B	market for manufactured goods
C	industrial center
D	source of mineral resources

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -He had abandoned his western clothing for the simple homespun dress of the poor people. This was his way of announcing that the time had come for Indians to assert their independence from British domination. He preached to the Indian masses to spin and weave in lieu of buying British cloth.

Detailed explanation-2: -British exploitation of India’s economy and people led to the swadeshi (’own country’) movement of the 1890s. Swadeshi urged the nation to boycott foreign goods and buy Indian products. The principle of self-reliance influenced the nationalist leader Mohandas Gandhi in his call for swaraj (’self-rule’).

Detailed explanation-3: -In March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi and his followers set off on a brisk 241-mile march to the Arabian Sea town of Dandi to lay Indian claim to the nation’s own salt.

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