Question

How did 'Salt March' become an effective tool of resistance against colonialism? Explain.

Answer 1

salt is the basic requirement for every person.the british government took the monopoly of making salt and passed a law,banning manufacture of salt.on march 12,1930,mahatma gandhi began his epic dandi march from sabarmati ashram to dandi.that is how the march came to be known as dandi march.he was accompained by 78 supporters.they made salt from sea water and broke the law.that is how the ''salt march''become an effective tool of resistance aganist colonialism.

Answer 2

Taxes on salt have been implemented in India since earliest times. But the tax on salt increased greatly at the time of British rule in India. The British government forced the Indian people to buy the vital mineral salt. The Britishers were exercising a monopoly over the production and marketing of salt and imposed heavy taxes on salt. Therefore, in response to the taxes introduced by the British government on salt M.K Gandhi launched a salt march from March to April 1930. This Salt March call for a widespread involvement of Indian people. Hence, thousands of Indians supported Gandhi from his spiritual retreat near Ahmadabad to the coast of the Arabian Sea. However, the march concluded in the imprisonment of nearly 60,000 people.  

This is how salt became an effective tool to resist against the colonial rule.