(i) Worried by the developments of the Civil Disobedience Movement, the colonial government began arresting the Congress leaders one by one. This led to violent clashes in many places.
(ii) When Abdul Gaffar Khan a devout disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, was arrested in April 1930, angry crowds demonstrated in the streets of Peshawar (now in Pakistan), facing armoured cars and police firing. Many were killed.
(iii) A month later, when Mahatma Gandhi himself was arrested, industrial workers in Sholapur attacked police ports, municipal buildings, law courts and railway stations-all structured that symbolised British rule.
(iv) A frightened government responded with a policy of brutal repression.
(v) Peaceful satyagrahis were attacked, women and children were beaten and about 100,000 people were arrested.
