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| The Civil Disobedience and Quit India Movement in Kanchipuram — A representative image. |
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| Title | THE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT IN KANCHIPURAM |
| Article Credit | Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR), ISSN: ISSN-2349-5162, Vol.: Volume 6, Issue: Issue 6, Year: 2019, (Pubd in: Jetir.org) |
| Author | M. SURESH (M.A.B.Ed., M. Phil (Part -Time) Research scholar, P.G & Research Department of History, Islamiah College (Autonomous), Vaniyambadi) D.ABUL FAZAL (M.A., M.Phil., Assistant Professor, P.G & Research Department of History, Islamiah College (Autonomous), Vaniyambadi) |
| Subject | A study of how the Civil Disobedience Movement and Quit India Movement unfolded in Kanchipuram, with attention to local participation, arrests, protests, and nationalist organizing. |
| Category | History |
| Institution | Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) |
| Country of Publication | India |
| Main Topics | Gandhi's Satyagraha and the Salt Law, Dandi March and Civil Disobedience, Kanchipuram participation in nationalist protest, Quit India Movement in Tamil Nadu, Congress repression, arrests, and underground activity, Student and public mobilization in Chengalpattu district |
| Number of Pages | 5 |
| Language | English |
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| File Size | 327.7 KB |
Summary Note of this Document
THE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT IN KANCHIPURAM
This article studies the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Quit India Movement in Kanchipuram, placing local activism within the wider nationalist struggle led by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress. It begins with the development of Satyagraha and explains how the Salt Act, the Dandi March, and anti-colonial non-cooperation became central instruments of protest. The discussion then narrows to Kanchipuram and nearby Chengalpattu district, where Congress supporters, municipal figures, students, and other volunteers organized meetings, processions, boycott campaigns, and picketing despite Section 144 and repeated arrests. The paper names several local participants and shows how imprisonment, censorship, and police action affected the movement at the district level. It also traces the shift from Civil Disobedience to the Quit India resolution of 1942, linking the movement to the failure of the Cripps Mission, wartime anxieties, and the demand for immediate transfer of power. In the Tamil districts, and especially in Kanchipuram, the article emphasizes underground organization, leaflet distribution, student protest, hartals, and continued support for Congress after major leaders were detained. The overall focus is the persistence of local nationalist resistance under repression and the specific contribution of Kanchipuram to two major phases of anti-British mobilization.
Core Themes
- Non-violent resistance under Gandhi
- Anti-colonial mobilization in a local district
- Colonial repression and legal restrictions
- Student and civic participation in nationalist politics
- Transition from Civil Disobedience to Quit India
Keywords
About Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi lived from 1869 to 1948. Born in India, he trained as a lawyer and became a political thinker. Colonial rule repelled him. He opposed it fiercely and eventually led India’s independence movement.
Gandhi pioneered Satyagraha, the power of truth and nonviolent resistance. He put these ideals into practice during political and social upheavals. Over twenty years in South Africa shaped his thinking. That’s where he developed his tactics of nonviolent defiance. He returned to India in 1915 and launched major movements against British rule. Non-Cooperation Movement. Salt March. Quit India Movement. Each one challenged colonial domination.
In 1883 he married Kasturba Gandhi. Marriage and family life remained central to who he was. He spoke powerfully about his beliefs. His writing included Hind Swaraj, Satyagraha in South Africa, and The Story of My Experiments with Truth, his autobiography.
His vision stretched beyond political independence. Religious harmony mattered to him. Social equality. Self-reliance. Women’s rights. Ending untouchability. All of these were part of what he fought for.
Nonviolence and Satyagraha shaped movements worldwide. Civil rights activists drew from his example. Freedom struggles across the globe felt his influence. His approach changed how people thought about resistance and change.
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