Self Rule and Salt March, 1929
- Protest to the British tax on salt
- Gandhi organized a march from Sabarmati, Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat to get salt
- 240 miles
- Walked to get salt from the ocean (really just civil disobedience)
- Gained media attention and civilian attention
- Many thousands followed him
- March lasts March 12 to April 6, 1930
- Gandhi arrested and put in prison
- Every time he was in prison he began a hunger strike
- He protested through hunger strike until he almost died
- British would let him go before death
- Didn't want a martyr (revolution because of Gandhi's death)
Summary.
The Salt March was a protest arranged by Ghandi against the taxes put on salt by the British. The March covered a distance of 240 miles travelling to the ocean. The event gained media attention benefiting its cause. Ghandi was arrested and put in prison protesting through hunger strikes, this made the british release him a number of times before he died to avoid a martyr
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