Answer:
Worried
by developments, the colonial government began arresting the Congress leaders
one by one. This led to violent clashes at many places. When Abdul Ghaffar
Khan, a devout disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, was arrested in April 1930, angry
crowds demonstrated in the streets of Peshawar, facing armoured cars and police
firing. Many were killed. A month later, when Mahatma Gandhi himself was
arrested, industrial workers in Sholapur attacked police posts, municipal
buildings, law courts and railways stations? all structures that symbolised
British rule. A frightened government responded with a policy of brutal
repression. Peaceful satyagrahis were attacked, women and children were beaten
and about 1,00,00 people were arrested.
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