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Gandhian Movements Timeline
The mass movements led by Gandhi from Champaran to Quit India with year, place and outcome, for CAPF Paper I revision
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| Movement (Year) |
Place |
Outcome |
| Champaran Satyagraha (1917) |
Bihar |
Gandhi's first satyagraha in India; against the tinkathia indigo system; won relief for the peasants |
| Kheda Satyagraha (1918) |
Gujarat |
With Vallabhbhai Patel; revenue remission after a poor harvest |
| Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918) |
Gujarat |
First hunger strike; wage rise for the workers |
| Movement (Year) |
Trigger / programme |
Outcome |
| Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement (1920 to 1922) |
Treatment of the Ottoman Caliph; Jallianwala Bagh; Rowlatt Act |
Boycott of schools, courts, titles and foreign goods; called off after Chauri Chaura (February 1922) |
| Civil Disobedience Movement (1930 to 1934) |
Salt Law |
Began with the Dandi March (12 March to 6 April 1930); breaking the salt law; suspended after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931), resumed, then withdrawn in 1934 |
| Event (Year) |
Note |
| Dandi March (1930) |
Gandhi walked from Sabarmati to Dandi to make salt; the symbol of Civil Disobedience |
| Round Table Conferences (1930 to 1932) |
Gandhi attended the Second (1931) as the sole Congress representative |
| Poona Pact (1932) |
Between Gandhi and Ambedkar; reserved seats for the Depressed Classes in place of separate electorates |
| Individual Satyagraha (1940 to 1941) |
Limited, symbolic protest against the war effort; Vinoba Bhave the first satyagrahi |
| Quit India Movement (1942) |
"Do or Die"; the demand for an immediate British withdrawal; leaders arrested; the most intense mass upsurge |
- Champaran (1917) is Gandhi's first satyagraha in India.
- Non-Cooperation (1920 to 1922) ended after Chauri Chaura.
- Civil Disobedience (1930) began with the Dandi March.
- Quit India (1942) carried the slogan "Do or Die".