WORLD HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which situation contributed to the success of Mohandas Gandhi’s campaign of civil disobedience in India?
A
Pakistan and Bangladesh were involved in civil wars.
B
The United States came to Gandhi’s aid with food and clothing.
C
Sikhs and Muslims wanted to create a new nation.
D
Great Britain was weakened by World War II.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On March 12, 1930, Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi begins a defiant march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt, his boldest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule in India. Britain’s Salt Acts prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in the Indian diet.

Detailed explanation-2: —td border: 1px solid #ccc; br mso-data-placement:same-cell; –> Champaran Satyagraha in 1917 was the first Civil Disobedience Movement of Gandhi in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The impact of the civil disobedience movement reverberated far and wide. It created distrust towards the British government and laid the foundation for the freedom struggle, and popularised the new method of propaganda like the Prabhat, pheris, pamphlets, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -Complete answer: Mahatma Gandhi ji launched the Civil Disobedience Movement because Lord Irwin ignored Gandhi’s eleven demands including the abolition of the salt tax. Gandhiji started a civil disobedience movement with the famous Dandi March.

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