CBSE BOARD X, asked by marufFatema, 5 hours ago

Answer the following:
1. How did the 'Salt March' become the base to begin the Civil Disobedience Movement'?
Explain in 5 points

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Answered by TheMerit
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Explanation In Points:

  • The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to produce salt from the seawater in the coastal village of Dandi (now in Gujarat), as was the practice of the local populace until British officials
  • In 1930 in order to help free India from British control, Mahatma Gandhi proposed a non-violent march protesting the British Salt Tax, continuing Gandhi's pleas for civil disobedience. ... Since salt is necessary in everyone's daily diet, everyone in India was affected
  • The 'Salt March' acted as an effective tool of resistance against colonialism because it involved a stirring demand against the abolition of tax. ... On 6 April he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law, manufacturing salt by boiling sea water. This also marked the beginning of Civil Disobedience Movement.
  • Gandhi started the march on 12th March 1930 with 78 volunteers after Lord Irwin ignored his letter that had the demand for the abolition of the salt tax.
  • The Salt March, which took place from March to April 1930 in India, was an act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest British rule in India. ... The march resulted in the arrest of nearly 60,000 people, including Gandhi himself. India finally was granted its independence in 1947
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