Answer:
Various
classes and different social groups of Indians participated in the Civil Disobedience
Movement led by Gandhiji in 1930. All of them joined this movement on account
of their own needs, aspirations and limited understanding.
(i) In the rural areas, rich farmers and peasant communities such as
Patidars (Gujarat) and Jats in Uttar Pradesh were very hardly hit by the trade
depression and they participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement and
supported the boycott programmes.
(ii) The poor peasants also demanded that their dues of
rent should be remitted.
(iii) The business classes participated in the movement to
oppose the colonial policies that restricted business activities.
(iv) Some prominent industrialists supported the movement
financially and boycott the trading of foreign goods.
(v) The industrial working classes except the workers in
Nagpur region stayed away from this movement as big industrialists came closer
to the Congress. This was the first time that the large number of women
participated in the Nationalist Movement.
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