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Civil disobedience
Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power. Civil disobedience is commonly, though not always, defined as being nonviolent resistance. It is one form of civil resistance...
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1893
6.7.1893
Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience.
1922
3.18.1922
In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He would serve only 2 years.
1930
4.5.1930
In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.