The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in

Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930.

• The movement began on March 12, 1930 and ended on April 6, 1930.
• The movement began with Gandhi's famous Dandi March, where he led a group of people from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, a village on the coast of Gujarat. Gandhi arrived in Dandi on April 6, 1930 and broke the law by making salt from seawater.
• The movement was a protest against the British government and its salt tax, and was a form of non-cooperation to pressure the British to accept Indian demands. Gandhi believed it was sinful to tax salt because it was an essential food item.