Timeline Mahatma Gandhi returns from South Africa Champaran movement Peasant movements in Kheda (Gujarat), and workers’ movement in Ahmedabad Rowlatt Satyagraha (March-April) Jallianwala Bagh massacre (April) Non-cooperation and Khilafat Movements Peasant movement in Bardoli “Purna Swaraj” accepted as Congress goal at the Lahore Congress (December) Civil Disobedience Movement begins; Dandi March (March-April) Gandhi-Irwin Pact (March); Second Round Table Conference (December) Government of India Act promises some form of representative government Congress ministries resign Quit India Movement begins (August) Mahatma Gandhi visits Noakhali and other riot-torn areas to stop communal violence . How did Mahatma Gandhi seek to identify with the common people? . How was Mahatma Gandhi perceived by the peasants?
. Why did the salt laws become an important issue of struggle? . Why are newspapers an important source for the study of the national movement?
. Why was the charkha chosen as a symbol of nationalism?