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Turning point · Indian Independence & Partition, 1905–1948
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.
This is one scene of Chapter 6 — Salt in Indian Independence & Partition, 1905–1948.
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