Question

Why gandhi ki chose salt march to start civil disobidience

Answer 1

salt was chosen by mahatma gandhi and it was common between all indians and was an ingredient used byall indians.


taxation on salt and the monopoly of the govt on it was the most oppressivephase of the british govt, as said by gandhi.


the abolition of salt tax was one of the demand asked by gandhiji in the letter he posted to viceroy irwin.


this was different from n.c.m because n.c.m was about not cooperating with the british govt. whereas this c.d.m asked the indians to break the coloniallaws.

Answer 2

• The British government imposed many taxes on every need of the people. Even they brought the salt law to impose the tax on the salt. This brought unbearable to the salt makers.

• Gandhiji decided to break the salt laws which brought making salt very expensive for the middle-class people. He wanted to break the laws by manufacturing salt at Dandi, a small village on the Gujarat sea-coast.

• On March 12th, 1930 Gandhiji and his 78 companions began from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi to began the 375 km trek, Which later became famous as Salt March.