1930 AD
Gandhi turns salt into mass civil disobedience
British Empire · Companies, trade & extraction · Resistance & colonized agency · Ideas, knowledge & culture
Mahatma Gandhi marched with followers from Sabarmati to Dandi and symbolically broke the colonial salt monopoly. The campaign spread across India, brought in women and workers, and prompted mass arrests; Sarojini Naidu was among those who continued the protest
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