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Participants of CDM - Coggle Diagram
Participants of CDM
Business Class
wanted to remove colonial policies that restricted business
wanted protection against imports of foriegn goods
rupee-sterling ratio to discourage imports
Formed associations
Federation of the Indian
Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) in 1927
Indian Industrial
and Commercial Congress(IICC) in 1920
thought of swaraj as time when no business restrictions
failure of the Round Table Conference, business groups
were no longer uniformly enthusiastic.
gave financial assistance + refused buy or sell imported goods
Prominent
Businessmen: Purushottamdas Thakurdas
G.D. Birla
Women
dandi march
manufactured salt
picketed liquor shops
picketed foreign cloth shops
from high-caste families
service to nation = sacred duty
but participation did not have radical change in view of women
Gandhiji thought
women=good wives and mothers
look after home and hearth
Congress
didnt allow woman to hold any postion of authority
keen on symbolic presence
Poor Peasants
worked as tenants on lands of landlords
struggled to pay rent in depression
wanted unpaid rent to be remitted
congress = unwilling to support 'no rent' campaign
They joined a variety of radical movements, often led by Socialists
and Communists
interested in lowering revenue
Working Class
didnt participate in large no.s except in nagpur
stayed aloof
some did join CDM and followed few policies
boycott of foriegn goods
Strikes
1930
railway workers
workers in Chotanagpur tin mines wore Gandhi caps and participated in protest
1932
dockworkers
Rich Peasants
Patidars of Gujarat
Jats Of UP
grew Commercial Crops
Severely affectd by
trade depressions
Fall in Prices
unable to pay governments revenue
became enthusiastic supporters of movement
Sad when Gandhi called of the movement in 1931
didnt participate when relaunched in 1932
struggle against high revenue
forced reluctant members to joiin boycott programmes