The First Round Table Conference was held in London from 12 November 1930 to 19 January 1931. Congress boycotted the Conference (as it opposed the Simon Commission), but other political parties and interest groups participated in the Conference.
Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1931. One of the main factors which led to the launching of the Civil Disobedience Movement was Simon Commission.
When the government did not accept the NehruReport, Congress declared ‘Poorna Swaraj’ or complete independence from British rule as its main objective. This resolution was passed at the Lahore Session of 1929.
The government started negotiations with Gandhi (who was in jail) to bring an end to the Civil Disobedience Movement. This resulted in signing a pact between Lord Irwin, the Viceroy of India, and Gandhi which came to be known as the ‘Gandhi Irwin Pact’.
The Civil Disobedience Movement started with the Dandi March by Gandhi. He began the march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, a small village located at the sea coast of Gujarat. He made salt in violation of the Salt Law and began the Civil Disobedience Movement.
At the Kolkata Session in 1920, Congress passed the resolution of the Non-Cooperation Movement. Its main objectives were to attain self-government within the British Empire, to force the government to annul the Rowlatt Act
Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869 at Porbandar in the Kathiawar district of Gujarat. He went to England in 1888 to study Law. The Indian National Movement from 1919 to 1947 is also known as the Gandhian Era primarily because the period was dominated by Gandhi and his policies.
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The call for Swadeshi and Boycott Movements was given not only in Bengal but also in major towns and cities of India. Bon fires of foreign clothes were organized at many places, and shops selling foreign goods were picketed.
The anti-partition movement of Bengal speeded the Indian national movement. People rose in opposition to the government. The Swadeshi and Boycott Movements took concrete shape during the anti-partition movement. People began to use goods that were produced by local industries. Bonfires of foreign clothes were organized at various places. This also strengthened the Indian National Movement.
The people of Bengal and the Indian nationalists severely criticized the partition of Bengal. They opposed the partition on the grounds that it was a deliberate attempt by the British to divide the Bengalis on religious and territorial grounds. Soon, the government met with a strong anti-partition movement.