civil disobedience
/ˌsɪvl ˌdɪsəˈbiːdiəns/noun
उच्चारण सिवल डिसबीडिअन्स
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the act of refusing to obey certain laws, pay taxes or cooperate with a government in a peaceful way, as a protest against it
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- Students began a campaign of civil disobedience against the new law.
- Breaking the salt law at Dandi was an act of civil disobedience.
⌂Word origin and word building
From the essay of 1849 by the American writer Henry David Thoreau, which became known by the title Civil Disobedience.
यह शब्द अमेरिकी लेखक Henry David Thoreau के 1849 के निबंध से आया, जो Civil Disobedience नाम से प्रसिद्ध हुआ।
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General knowledge
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 with the Dandi March to break the salt law.
महात्मा गांधी ने 1930 में नमक कानून तोड़ने के लिए Dandi March से Civil Disobedience Movement शुरू किया।