what was the idea of Mahatma Gandhi for sending the letter to viceroy irwin
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On 31st January 1930, Gandhiji sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin in which he mentioned two types of demands :
(1) One was of general interest and the others were specific demands of different classes from industrialists to peasants.
(2) The idea was to make the demands wide-ranging, so that all classes within Indian society could identify with them and everyone could be brought together in a united campaign.
(3) The most stirring of all was the demand to abolish the Salt Tax.
(4) Salt was something consumed by the rich and the poor alike, and it was one of the most essential items of food.
(5) The tax on salt and the government monopoly over its production, as Gandhiji declared, revealed the most oppressive face of the British rule.
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The idea was to make the demands wide-ranging, so that all classes within Indian society could identify with them and everyone could be brought together in a united campaign. (3) The most stirring of all was the demand to abolish the Salt Tax.
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