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Gandhi's Salt March

The Salt March was notable for at least three reasons. First, it was this event that first brought Mahatma Gandhi to world attention. Second, it was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers. A woman socialist activist had persuaded Gandhji not to restrict the protests to men alone. Third, and perhaps most significant, was the Salt March, which forced upon the British the realization that their Raj would not last forever, and that they would have to devolve some power to the Indians. To that end, the British government convened a series of "Round Table Conferences" in London. The first meeting was held in November 1930 but without the pre-eminent political leader in India, thus rendering it an exercise in futility. Gandhiji was released from jail in January 1931. A Second Round Table Conference was held in London in the latter part of 1931. Here, Gandhiji represented the Congress. However, his claims that his party represented all of India came under challenge from three parties;from the Muslim League, which claimed to stand for the interests of the Muslim, from the Princes, and from the brilliant lawyer and thinker B.R. Ambedkar, who argued that Gandhiji and the Congress did not really represent the lower castes.

Which woman socialist activist persuaded Gandhi to include women in the Salt March?

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

The correct answer is Option (2) → Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

"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. Third, and perhaps most significant, it was the Salt March which forced upon the British the realisation that their Raj would not last forever, and that they would have to devolve some power to the Indians."