Question

Why did mahatma gandhi find salt to powerful symbol that could unite the nation?

Answer 1

Answer: Gandhiji found salt a powerful symbol that could unite the nation, because salt was a commodity consumed by both poor as well as rich. High taxes on salt prevented the poor from using it. So Gandhiji began the Salt Satyagraha in order to break the Salt Law made by the British.

Answer 2

Answer:

because salt is commonly eaten by both lower and higher classes of the country.

Explanation:

gandhi g was a genious person as they have been studied in foreign..

they realise that salt is eaten by both middle and higher classes of the country...hence they found that salt can make unity ..in the country