The civil disobedience movement

The civil disobedience movement 

Before starting the civil disobedience movement Gandhiji placed an Eleven point ultimatum before Irwin for administrative reforms and stated that if Load Irwin accepted them then there will be no agitation

The Salt Satyagraha was a huge civil disobedience movement initiated by Mahatma Gandhi against the salt tax imposed by the British government in India. 

Gandhi led a large group of people from Sabarmati Ashram on 12th March 1930 till Dandi, a coastal village in Gujarat, to break the salt law by producing salt from seawater.

Features of the Civil Disobedience Movement :

This was the first nationwide movement while all others were restricted to urban areas

People among rural areas also had an opportunity to register their participation

The participation of women was in large numbers

Kasturba Gandhi, Kamladevi Chattopadhyay, Avantikabai Gokhale, Lilavati Munshi, Hansaben Mehta like popular women led the satyagraha movement

Non-violence was the motto of this movement

On continuous suppression by the Britishers, this movement did not turn back

Due to this fearlessness, the Indian people were regarded as fearless