Question

Why did mahantma gandhi find salt powerful symbol that could unite the nation ?explain any five points

Answer 1

The Dandi March

Explanation:

• Mahatma Gandhi found in salt a powerful symbol that could unite the nation. On 31 January 1930, he sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin stating eleven demands. Some of these were of general interest; others were specific demands of different classes, from industrialists to peasants. 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. The most stirring of all was the demand to abolish the salt tax. Salt was something consumed by the rich and the poor alike, and it was one of the most essential items of food. The tax on salt and the government monopoly over its production, Mahatma Gandhi declared, revealed the most oppressive face of British rule.
• Mahatma Gandhi’s letter was, in a way, an ultimatum. If the demands were not fulfilled by 11 March, the letter stated, the Congress would launch a civil disobedience campaign. Irwin was unwilling to negotiate. So Mahatma Gandhi started his famous salt march accompanied by 78 of his trusted volunteers. The march was over 240 miles, from Gandhiji’s ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi. The volunteers walked for 24 days, about 10 miles a day. Thousands came to hear Mahatma Gandhi wherever he stopped, and he told them what he meant by swaraj and urged them to peacefully defy the British. On 6 April he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law, manufacturing salt .

Answer 2

Mahatma Gandhi used salt as a powerful symbol to unite people to fight against the taxes imposed by Britishers.

Explanation:

• The Dandi March led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930.  
• The idea behind using Salt was to join all class of people within Indian society.
• The Dandi March was a symbol for the people to stand together against the British Raj.      
• Gandhi march peacefully along with people to stand against the salt tax.
• During the British rule, they controlled salts by making and selling to Indians.

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