Gandhi Begins the Salt March: 200 Miles to Defy an Empire
Gandhi and eighty satyagrahis marched 390 kilometres to Dandi to break Britain's salt monopoly, turning a tax on a basic necessity into a global symbol of resistance. This act mobilized thousands across India, forced foreign journalists to spotlight the struggle, and galvanized the poor into a unified battle that ultimately dismantled colonial authority over essential goods.
March 12, 1930
96 years ago
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