The Civil Disobedience Movement Began with _______.

Answer:  One of the major movements that Mahatma Gandhi initiated was the Civil Disobedience Movement throughout India’s war of Independence. This movement is also known as Salt Satyagraha. This was a protest against the British Government’s salt tariff in India.

When did the Civil disobedience Movement Start?

• The Civil Disobedience Movement was initiated under Gandhiji’s guidance in 1930
• It started with Gandhi’s legendary Dandi March
• On March 12, 1930, 78 members of the Sabarmati Ashram set out for a 240 miles march on foot or Dandi
• It is a village on India’s seacoast about 385 km west of Ahmedabad
• Mahatma Gandhi wrote Viceroy Irwin a letter enforcing 11 requests on January 31, 1930
• The most popular demand by the rich and poor was to abolish the salt tax
• The law was broken by boiling the seawater to make salt on 6th April
• Here, the civil disobedience movement began