Question

Q. 16. Why did Mahatma Gandhi find salt a powerful symbol that could unite the nation?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Mahatma Gandhi declared that tax on salt and government monopoly over its production was the most oppressive step taken by the British government. Mahatma Gandhi choose salt because all sections of the society could identify with it and everyone could be brought into a united struggle.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The most important demand was to abolish the salt tax. Salt is consumed by all sections of the society, by the rich and the poor alike. Mahatma Gandhi choose salt because all sections of the society could identify with it and everyone could be brought into a united struggle