Question 11 - Past Year Questions - 5 Marks - Chapter 2 Class 10 History - Nationalism in India - History

Why did Mahatma Gandhi relaunch the Civil Disobedience Movement with great apprehension? Explain.

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Points to Remember 

1. Gandhiji went to London for the conference
2. negotiations broke down
3. new cycle of repression .
4. Ghaffar Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru were both in jail
5. Congress had been declared illegal
6. Mahatma Gandhi relaunched the Civil Disobedience Movement.

We use any 4 points and elaborate on them

Answer to be written in the exam

1. In December 1931 , Gandhiji went to London for the conference , but the negotiations broke down and he returned disappointed.
2. Back in India , he discovered that the government had begun a new cycle of repression .
3. Ghaffar Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru were both in jail , the Congress had been declared illegal , and a series of measures had been imposed to prevent meetings , demonstrations and boycotts . 
4. With great apprehension, Mahatma Gandhi relaunched the Civil Disobedience Movement.