Why did Mahatma Gandhi find in salt a powerful symbol that could unite the nation?explain.
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Explanation:
Gandhiji found in salt a powerful symbol because this was the main ingredient of food and it was consumed by both the rich and the poor. the heavy tax on salt and the monopoly over its production by the british was considered the worst phase of british rule and this led gandhiji to begin the CDM and he began the salt march from sabarmati to dandi
Salt March become an effective tool of resistance
against colonialism because on 31st March 1930,
Mahatma Gandhi sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin.
Mahatma Gandhi had stated eleven demands in this
letter out of which some were of general interest
and some were specific demands of different classes.The demands were wide ranging in order to bring
together everyone under a united campaign. The most
important demand was to abolish the salt tax as it
was the most important item in food that is consumed
by both rich and poor.