This is To Kumar who thinks that Karnataka has no contribution to freedom struggle in 1940s.
THE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN KARNATAKA: The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee decided to organize Salt Satyagraha at Ankola in 1930. In the presence of a massive rally, M.P. Nadakarni broke the law and manufactured salt from the sea water. People attacked the government salt pans at Sanekatta and distributed salt free of cost. R.R. Diwakar Manjappa Hardikar intensified the movement in Bombay Karnataka. During the second phase of the movement in 1932, forest Satyagraha and No- Tax campaign were launched. In Sirsi, trees from government reserved forests were cut; women also participated in it. Cattle were taken to graze in the forests, without paying the fixed tolls. Toddy trees were also cut to stress the importance of prohibition on the sale of liquor. Siddappa Hosamani and G.V. Hallikeri roused the youth to join the ranks of the Congress. No-Tax campaign (of not paying land revenue) was launched in the Sirsi, Siddapur and Ankola taluks of Uttara Kannada and Hirekerur Taluk of Haveri district in 1931.
