Why did Mahatma Gandhi decide to …

Mahatma Gandhi decided to call off the Civil Disobedience Movement because of the following reasons.

1 .The British got worried by the developments of Civil Disobedience Movement and started arrest of various top Congress leaders.

2.This led to violent clashes in many parts of the country.

3.When Abdul Ghaffar Khan was arrested from Peshawar, angry crowd demonstrated in the streets facing armoured cars and police firing many were killed.

4.The arrest of Gandhiji led to the attacks on police force, municipal buildings and law courts by industrial workers in Sholapur.

5.Colonial government got frightened and responded with the policy of brutal repression.

6.At many places, Satyagrahis were attacked, women and children were beaten and about one lakh people were arrested. It was under these circumstances, Gandhiji called off the Civil Disobedience Movement.