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- An episode during the period of Indian
- nationalist agitation against British rule,
- forming part of Mahatma Gandhi's campaign of
- civil disobedience. On 11 Mar 1930 Gandhi and
- his followers set out to walk 241 mi/ 150 km
- to Dandi, to campaign against the Salt Tax
- imposed by the British government, which
- maintained its monopoly by making it illegal
- for Indians to make their own salt. After
- arriving at Dandi on 6 Apr, Gandhi and his
- followers defied the British government by
- making their own salt. On 4 May Gandhi
- announced that the government-owned Dharasana
- saltworks were to be taken over on behalf of
- the Indian people. Gandhi was arrested but
- his followers advanced on the saltworks as
- planned. As the marchers moved forward in
- columns they were beaten to the ground,
- offering no resistance.
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