The Salt March and Civil Disobedience

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A level Edexcel India 1914-48 Flashcards on The Salt March and Civil Disobedience, created by Tom Lea on 15/05/2014.
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Who/how many marched with Gandhi to Dandi Beach? - 78 Marched -No Women - 2 muslims
How did the British try to deal with Individual Civil Disobedience? Mass arrests and repression
What was the aim of the Salt March? To show the brutality of the British regime. To Provoke the British to react and shame them (ahimsa)
How many people were arrested during the civil disobedience campaign? About 100,000
What was the British reaction to the Salt March? Violence (e.g Dharasana) 20,000 arrested
When was Salt March? 1930
How did he Salt March help get international support for the Gandhi/the nationalists? Events were reported worldwide, especially in USA. American reports of Dharasana were read out in Congress (US parliament) and put on official record.
How could the Salt March be used to demonstrate Gandhi's mass support? Prayer Meeting the day before 10,000 attended. At the start of the March Gandhi held a gathering - 75,000 people attended.
How many were killed and injured at Dharasana? 2 killed 320 injured
What proves that the Salt March and Civil Disobedience were a success? Gandhi - Irwin Pact, round table confs and 1935 Govt of India Act shows British forced to negotiate International coverage/support esp. from USA No violence from supporters (unlike 2nd Non Coop)
What was Individual Civil Disobedience? \asd
Why was individual civil disobedience successful? Meant more people took part - could protest about what they cared about. Meant arresting the congress leadership would not end the movement.
How did the British react to civil disobedience restarting after the failure of the 2nd Roundtable Conference? Outlawed the working organisation of Congress - all it's local branches and committees. Approx. 100,000 people placed under immediate.
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