Main causes and events of civil disobedience movements were:
- Appointment of Simon Commission.
- Nehru Report.
- Salt Satyagraha.
- Declaration of Poorna Swaraj.
(i) After the Lahore resolution of complete independence, it was decided to launch on country-wide movement for freedom.
(ii) No one knew better than Gandhiji how to wake people’s conscious of their hidden strength.
(iii) So he had to find a way to relate this abstract idea of freedom to move concrete issues of everyday life.
(iv) He found in salt a powerful symbol that could unite the nations. CDM differed from NCM in the following ways.
(i) Non-cooperation movement was launched between 1920 and 1922, while the Civil Disobedience Movement continued from 1930 to 1934.
(ii) The NCM was launched because of the anger of Jallianwala Bagh tragedy and the CDM was launched to protect the arrival of the Simon Commission.
(iii) NCM began with the surrender of titles, a boycott of British Institutions and goods whereas CDM began with defying and breaking the colonial laws, like the salt law.
(iv) NCM aimed for Sawaraj or self-government CDM demanded complete independence or Purna Swaraj.
(v) The NCM got the support of almost all sections of the society whereas CDM had many limitations. The Dalits, Muslims industrial workers and businessmen did not participate fully.
