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Nationalism in IndiaParticipation of Women in the Civil Disobedience Movement3 marksAnalyseshort answer
CBSE 2025 · Region 2 · Set 2 · Q25
Analyse the role of women in the 'Civil Disobedience Movement'.
Analyse the role of women in the 'Civil Disobedience Movement'.
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(i) An important feature of the Civil Disobedience Movement was the large- scale participation of women.
(ii) During Gandhiji’s salt march, thousands of women came out of their homes to listen to him.
(iii) They participated in protest marches, manufactured salt, and picketed foreign cloth and liquor shops.
(iv) Many went to jail. In urban areas these women were from high-caste families; in rural areas they came from rich peasant households.
(v) Moved by Gandhiji’s call, they began to see service to the nation as a sacred duty of women.
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