Eleven demands of Gandhi 1930
Also called: Eleven points · Topic: The National Movement: Gandhian Era · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
On 31 January 1930, Gandhi wrote a letter to Viceroy Irwin listing eleven demands. Some demands helped the whole nation. Others helped one class, such as peasants or businessmen. The aim was to bring every class together in one movement. The letter was an ultimatum, a final warning: if the demands were not met by 11 March, Congress would start civil disobedience. The most important demand was ending the salt tax.
Example
The demands included:
- ending the salt tax;
- cutting land revenue by half, for peasants;
- a lower rupee–sterling exchange rate and protection for Indian cloth, for business;
- prohibition of alcohol;
- release of political prisoners.
Irwin ignored the demands. On 12 March 1930, Gandhi began the Dandi March.
Related concepts
- Salt monopoly
- Salt satyagraha
- Sabarmati Ashram
- Civil disobedience movement
- Vedaranyam salt march
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- Sarojini Naidu
- Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Khudai Khidmatgar
- Garhwali soldiers at Peshawar 1930