Indian independence · TURNING POINT ·
Dandi March (1930)
On the Indian independence map as “Dandi — the salt is lifted”
6 Apr 1930 — After 240 miles and 24 days, before the world’s cameras, Gandhi picks up a handful of salt mud on the shore. Within weeks some 60,000 are in jail for making salt. The tax is trivial; the theatre is total.
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- Salt March and civil disobedience (chapter 8 of Indian independence)
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- Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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