UPSC · Prelims and Mains
Modern Indian History
← The Gandhian phase 1915-1939Civil Disobedience Movement and the Round Table Conferences 1930-34
- Dandi march and salt satyagraha
- Spread and repression 1930
- First RTC November 1930 without Congress; princes accept federation in principle; Muslim League, depressed classes and liberals attend
- Delhi Pact 5 March 1931: Congress to attend the second RTC, ordinances withdrawn, non-violent prisoners released, salt for personal use, no inquiry into police excesses, no commutation for Bhagat Singh
- Karachi March 1931: Fundamental Rights and National Economic Programme, endorsement of the pact, tribute to Bhagat Singh
- Second RTC September to December 1931 with Gandhi as sole Congress delegate fails on the communal question; Willingdon's ordinance rule, movement resumed January 1932, withdrawn 1934
- Third RTC November 1932 without Congress; White Paper 1933 leading to the 1935 Act
- Civil Disobedience social participation: women, students, workers, peasants, business and uneven Muslim support
- Strategy after Civil Disobedience: council entry, constructive work, socialism and struggle-truce-struggle
