Consider the following statements about the Salt March: 1. The Salt March was deliberately ignored by the European media. 2. The Salt March was widely covered by the American and European press. 3. The Salt March was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers. 4. The Salt March impressed upon the British the urgent need to devolve more power to Indians. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Consider the following statements about the Salt March: 1. The Salt March was deliberately ignored by the European media. 2. The Salt March was widely covered by the American and European press. 3. The Salt March was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers. 4. The Salt March impressed upon the British the urgent need to devolve more power to Indians. Which of the statements given above are correct? Correct Answer 2, 3, and 4
The correct answer is 2, 3, and 4.
Key Points
- Salt March was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Gandhiji to produce salt from the seawater in the coastal village of Dandi (now in Gujarat).
- Salt March was also called Dandi March or Salt Satyagraha
- Time Period - From 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930.
- Significance- A direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly.
- Mahatma Gandhi led a march to break one of the most widely disliked laws in British India, which gave the state a monopoly in the manufacture and sale of salt.
- Gandhi Ji was released from custody in January 1931 and began negotiations with Lord Irwin aimed at ending the satyagraha campaign. A truce subsequently was declared, which was formalized in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact that was signed on March 5. Hence, statement 4 is correct.
- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was a freedom fighter, social reformer, and was the driving force behind the renaissance of Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and theatre in post-independence India.
- Kamala Devi was part of Gandhi’s salt satyagraha and was arrested for trying to sell contraband salt in the Bombay Stock Exchange.
- She was imprisoned for almost one year.
- She was a feminist of her age and even spoke against Gandhi’s stance of not including women in the Dandi March.
- It was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
- The Salt March was widely covered by the American and European press.
- The New York Times and other media outlets began following the walk’s progress, quoting Gandhi as he denounced the salt tax as “monstrous” and chided the British for “being ashamed to arrest me.” Hence statement 2 is correct and 1 is Not correct.
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