why did Gandhi ji choose a simple thing like salt for the movement? Is salt still taxed today?
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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. The 24-day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly. Another reason for this march was that the Civil Disobedience Movement needed a strong inauguration that would inspire more people to follow Gandhi's example. Mahatma Gandhi started this march with 79 of his trusted volunteers.[1] Walking ten miles a day for 24 days, the march spanned over 240 miles (384 km), from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, which was called Navsari at that time (now in the state of Gujarat). Growing numbers of Indians joined them along the way. When Gandhi broke the salt laws at 6:30 am on 6 April 1930, it sparked large scale acts of civil disobedience against the British Raj salt laws by millions of Indians.[2]
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Gandhiji chose a simple thing like salt for the movement because -
• A country's population contains both poor people and rich people.
• So, Gandhiji had to select a thing which is necessary for the people of every sectors of the society.
• That's why,he chose salt as the main subject of his movement. Because, irrespective of gender, financial condition or religion, the salt is necessary ingredient of everyone's food.
• This simple yet universally used thing was a brilliant subject for Gandhiji's movement which successfully brought unity in his movement.