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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2016 — General Studies · Question 50 of 200

Q50
Indian National MovementGandhian Era: Khilafat, NCM, CDM
Which one of the following began with Dandi March?
  1. a.Home Rule Movement
  2. b.Non-Cooperation Movement
  3. c.Civil Disobedience Movement
  4. d.Quit India Movement

Answer: (C) Civil Disobedience Movement

The Civil Disobedience Movement began with Gandhi's Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha) on March 12, 1930, when Gandhi and 78 satyagrahis marched from Sabarmati Ashram to the Dandi seashore to break the salt law. The Non-Cooperation Movement (1920) and Quit India Movement (1942) were separate.