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प्रश्न
Describe the role of Tamil Nadu in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
उत्तर
- Transformation of congress In the 1920’s congress with Gandhi in leadership was transforming into a broad-based movement in Tamil Nadu.
- The Madras session of the Indian National Congress in 1927 declared complete independence as its goal.
- In 1929 Pooma Swaraj was adopted as the goal at the Lahore session of Congress.
- In 1930 Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement by setting out on a salt satyagraha with a march to a Dandi.
Role of Tamil Nadu:-
- Tamil Nadu was at the forefront of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
- In the city of Madras, shops were picketed and foreign goods boycotted.
Salt Satyagraha:- Rajaji organized and led a Salt Satyagraha to Vedaranyam. The march started from Trichirapalli to Vedaranyam on 13th April 1930 and reached Vedaranyam in Thanjavur district on 28th April.
Special Song:- Composed by Ramalinganar (Nammakkal Kavingnar) for the March.
Leaders who participated:- T. S. S. Rajan, C. Swaminathar, Rukmani Lakshmipathi, Sardar Vedarathnam, and K. Santhanam.
Agitations:- The Satyagraha’s under the leadership of T. Prakasan and K. Nageswara Rao set up a camp at Udayavanani near Madras. Police arrested them that led to Hartal in Madras. Clashes with the police in Tiruvallikeni lasted for three hours on 27th April 1930 left three dead.
Response from the people:-
- Mill workers struck work across the province.
- Women participated enthusiastically.
- Volunteers attempted to offer Salt Satyagraha at Rameswaram, Thoothukudi, Uvari, Anjengo, Veppalodai, and Tharuvaikulam were stopped and arrested.
Important Event:- Bhashyam is popularly known as Arya, hoisted the national flag atop St. George Fort on 26th January 1932. Satyamurti actively picketed shops selling foreign clothes, organized processions, and distributed pamphlets.
Martyrdom of Tirupur Kumaran:- In January 1932 a procession carrying national flags singing patriotic songs was brutally beaten up by police in Tirupur. Tirupur Kumaran fell dead holding the flag aloft. Thus civil Disobedience movement was one of the mass movements in Tamil Nadu.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Match the Following:-
| 1. | MNA | Anti-Hindi agitation |
| 2. | EVR Periyar | Removal of Neill Statue |
| 3. | S. N. Somayajulu | Salt Satyagraha |
| 4. | Vedaranyam | Torture Commission |
| 5. | Thalamuthu | Vaikom Hero |
Who made Hindi a compulsory subject?
E.V.R. organized an Anti-Hindi conference at ______.
Answer all the questions Given under the caption:
Salt march to vedaranyam
- What was in forefront of the civil disobedience movement in Tamil Nadu?
- How was the movement in Madras city?
- Who organized and led the Salt Satyagraha March to Vedaranyam?
- From where and when does the march started and reached Vedaranyam?
What do you know about Tirupur Kumaran?
In 1908 Bharathiyar organized a huge public meeting to celebrate ______.
The ______ was trounced in 1937 elections to the Madras province.
The Governor of Madras who took over the administration removed ______ as a compulsory subject after the resignation of the congress ministry.
Assertion (A):- Kamaraj gave the police the slip and got down at Arakkonam worked underground to organize people during the quit India movement.
Reason (R):- While returning from Bombay he saw the police at every railway station to arrest the local leaders when they got down.
Assertion (A):- Kumaraswamy of Thiruppur is hailed as Kodikatha Kumaran.
Reason (R):- At the procession of agitation as a part of civil obedience, he fell dead holding the national flag aloft.
