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How did the Indian merchants and industrialists relate themselves to the Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain.
Solution
- Indian merchants and industrialists were eager to expand their businesses and reacted angrily to colonial policies that limited their ability to do so.
- They desired protection against foreign goods imports as well as a rupee-sterling foreign exchange ratio that discouraged imports.
- They established the Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress in 1920 and the Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) in 1927 to organize business interests.
- The industrialists, led by prominent industrialists such as Purshottamdas Thakurdas and G. D. Birla, opposed colonial control of the Indian economy and supported the Civil Disobedience Movement.
- They provided financial assistance while refusing to purchase or sell imported goods.
- Most businessmen desired to thrive in trade without limitations.
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