Question

Why did mahatma gandhi decide to call off civil disobedience movement?

Answer 1

(i) When Indian leaders were arrested, angry crowds demonstrated in the streets of Peshawar, facing armoured cars and police firing. Many were killed. 

(ii) A month later, when Gandhiji himself was arrested, industrial workers attacked police posts, government buildings, law courts and railway stations and all structures that symbolised the British rule. 

(iii) A frightened government responded with a policy of brutal repression. Peaceful satyagrahis were attacked, women and children were beaten, and about 100,000 people were arrested. 

(iv) To break the deadline between Congress and the government Lord Irwin invited Gandhiji for a peace pact i.e Gandhi-Irwin pact. 

(v) Under such a situation Gandhiji decided to call off the movement.

Answer 2

Gandhiji decided to call off the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1931 for the following situation.

i) Violent clashes arose due to the arrest of the Congress leaders by the government.

ii) Industrial workers at Solapur attacked police posts and government institutions after the arrest of Gandhiji. The violence threatened to get out of hand.

iii) The government brutally repressed by attacking  and arresting peaceful satyagrahis and beating women and children.