Examples of Dissent in Indian History - Concepts - Chapter 1 Class 8 Political Science - The Constitution and the Need - Political Science

Examples of Dissent in Indian History

The Salt Satyagraha of 1930

•  It was a mass movement led by Mahatma Gandhi against the British salt tax.
  
  
• The British imposed salt tax according to which the manufacture and sale of salt became a British monopoly. No individual was allowed to make salt.
  
  
•  Gandhi and his followers defied the law by making salt at Dandi.
  
  
•  It was a symbol of civil disobedience and resistance against the colonial rule.

The Anti-liquor Movement

• It was a social movement led by women in Andhra Pradesh against the increase in the number of liquor shops.
  
  
• The l icensed liquor shops had opened unauthorized counters to increase their sale. So, people had easy access to liquor.
  
  
• This resulted in many poor people wasting their money on  liquor.
  
  
• The women protested against the sale of liquor as it affected their families and livelihoods.
  
  
• They demanded a ban on liquor shops and succeeded in their cause.