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After the Chauri Chaura incident, Gandhifelt that the volunteers and the people had tobe trained for a non-violent struggle. As a partof this effort he focused on promoting Khadi,Hindu-Muslim unity and the abolition ofuntouchability. He exhorted the Congressmen,“Go throughout your districts and spread themessage of Khaddar, the message of Hindu-Muslim unity, the message of anti-untouchability

and take up in hand the youth of the country andmake them the real soldiers of Swaraj.” He madeit compulsory for all Congress members to wearkhaddar. The All India Spinner’s Associationwas formed.Meanwhile some congressmen were not
satisfied with dominion status and wanted todemand complete independence. In the Congresssession held in Lahore in December 1929 withJawaharlal Nehru as the President, Poorna Swarajwas declared as the goal. It was also decided toboycott the Round Table Conference and launcha Civil Disobedience Movement. 26 January 1930was declared as Independence Day and a pledgewas taken all over the country to attain PoornaSwaraj non-violently through civil disobedienceincluding non-payment of taxes. The IndianNational Congress authorised Gandhi to launch
the movement.

The fall of Bastille emboldened the NationalAssembly to abolish feudalism in the country.Shaken by the turn of events, the king alsoaccepted the formation of a national assembly.The Church was asked to forego its privileges andabolish the tithe. In 1791, the National Assemblydrafted the constitution by which the powers ofthe king were limited. It also proposed to havethree different organs: executive, legislativeand judiciary. The members of the NationalAssembly were indirectly elected by a group ofelectors. The electors were voted by the malecitizens, who were above 25 years of age andwho paid taxes. Thus the majority of the citizens
did not get voting rights. While the king agreed to the constitutional
monarchy on one hand, on the other he was12th class Economics MLMsecretly appealing for help from Austria andPrussia. The neighbouring kingdoms were
watching the developments in France withconcern. They feared that the rise of commonpeople might bring to an end the rule of12th class Economics MLM
monarchs and so they sent their troops toFrance to contain the revolution. Meanwhilethe National Assembly declared war againstAustria and Prussia. On hearing this, people12th class Economics MLMfrom various parts of France united to fight theforeign forces. A group of people from the placeof Marseilles proceeded to Paris by singing theMarseillaise song.

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