Its aim was to protest the British monopoly on salt and the salt tax imposed. Gandhi and those accompanying him made a long march to the seashore, produced salt from seawater, and symbolically defied the law. Grounded in the principle of nonviolent resistance, the action drew wide participation and became one of the best-known examples of the independence movement.
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- What was Gandhi's Salt March?
- Gandhi's Salt March was an act of civil disobedience organized in India in 1930 under the leadership of Mohandas Gandhi against British colonial rule.
- When did Gandhi's Salt March happen?
- 1930 CE