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The Gandhian Era & Mass Struggle

India · 1934Civil Disobedience withdrawn; Congress returns to councils as Socialists rise

Gandhi withdrew the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1934 and resigned his Congress membership as the party returned to council politics, winning a large bloc in the 1934 Central Legislative Assembly elections. The Congress Socialist Party was founded, the RBI Act provided for India's central bank, and a January earthquake devastated Bihar and Nepal.

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Key figures

Mahatma Gandhi — withdrew Civil Disobedience, resigned Congress membership, and promoted constructive work including vilJayaprakash Narayan — founding General Secretary of the Congress Socialist Party.Acharya Narendra Dev — presided over the Congress Socialist Party's founding conference at Bombay.M.N. Roy — first to articulate the demand for a Constituent Assembly for India in 1934.Rajendra Prasad — President of the 1934 Bombay Congress session and leader of Bihar earthquake relief.Lord Willingdon — Viceroy of India from 1931 to 1936.

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