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The movement was initiated by Mahatma Gandhi & Indian National Congress on 6th April 1930. The roots of movement laid in increasing nationalist sentiments.

Events leading to Civil Disobedience movement -

1. Appointment of all-white Simon Commission in 1927. It failed Indian representation & led to mass protests & calls for 'Simon Go Back' avers the length & breadth of the country.

2. Lahore session (December 1929) - where Luna Swaraj was declared as the ultimate goal of national movement under Nehru's presidentship.

3. Viceroy's Despavali declaration (1929) - failed to placate nationalist demands. It promised dominion status - sometime in the distant future.

4. Gandhi's 11 point Charter (January 1930) Viceroy Irwin rejected negotiations which led to Gandhi launching the movement.

Growing disillusionment - recent men against the British rule, precipitated wide participation in national movement & necessitated a large scale event to fuse back against foreign rule.

6. Nationalist fervor of revolutionary, peasant & labour movements - their energies could be fervently channeled into one movement.

Outcomes of Civil Disobedience movement -

1. Political outcomes - widespread participation of women, youth, peasant, tribals & wc brutal repression by the British.

2. Gandhi - main four - Congress suspended movement to participate in second Round Table Conference. In exchange 5 British agreed to redress non-violent prisoners, withdraw ordinances.

3. Renewal of movement post second Round Table Conference's failure - but breauced by communal Award (1931), harsher suppression & leyscale arrests.

4. Long term impact :

Events leading to Civil Disobedience movement -

1. Appointment of all-white Simon Commission in 1927. It failed Indian representation & led to mass protests & calls for 'Simon Go Back' avers the length & breadth of the country.

2. Lahore session (December 1929) - where Luna Swaraj was declared as the ultimate goal of national movement under Nehru's presidentship.

3. Viceroy's Despavali declaration (1929) - failed to placate nationalist demands. It promised dominion status - sometime in the distant future.

4. Gandhi's 11 point Charter (January 1930) Viceroy Irwin rejected negotiations which led to Gandhi launching the movement.

Growing disillusionment - recent men against the British rule, precipitated wide participation in national movement & necessitated a large scale event to fuse back against foreign rule.

Long term impact :

While the movement did not succeed in so far as immediate 'Purna Swaraj' was concerned, it freed the Indian masses from ideological supremacy of British & unified masses for moving towards complete political freedom.