Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:
Which of the following was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers?
Options:
Non Cooperation Movement
Quit India Movement
Dandi March
Rowlatt Act Satyagraha
Correct Answer:
Dandi March
Explanation:
The Salt March was notable for at least three reasons. First, it was this event that first brought Mahatma Gandhi to world attention. The march was widely covered by the European and American press. Second, it was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers. The socialist activist Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay had persuaded Gandhiji not to restrict the protests to men alone. Kamaladevi was herself one of numerous women who courted arrest by breaking the salt or liquor laws.