salt satyagrah..........
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The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
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salt law was imposed by the British government in 1882. According to this law, the collection of production of salt by anyone without the permission of the colonial authorities was declared unlawful. Beside, a tax was also imposed on salt which affected the common people.
Mahatma Gandhi started the civil disobedience movement in 1929 by launching a symbolic campaign against the salt law point on 12 March 1930, he mast with his 78 followers from Sabarmati Ashram to the coastal village of Dandi in Gujarat. After reaching Dandi on 6 April 1930, he picked up a handful of salt and thus, broke the salt law.
after making salt at Dandi, Mahatma Gandhi went to the southern Coast and produce salt there. He staged a Satyagraha at the Dharasana salt works , 25 miles out of Dandi. The Dandi March and the Dharasana Satyagraha Drew worldwide attention to the Indian Independence movement through extensive media coverage. The Salt Satyagraha campaign was based on the principle of non violent protest or Satyagraha.
In early 1930, the Indian National Congress choose Satyagraha as the main tool to attain Independence from the British rule. The Dandi March and the direction Satyagrah demonstrated the effective use of civil disobedience as a technique for fighting social and political injustice. This inspired American Civil right activist, Martin Luther King Junior, and his fight for civil right for blacks and other come minority group in the 1960s.