Question

"Mahatma Gandhi found in salt a powerful symbol that could unite the nation." Examine the statement in context of Civil Disobedience Movement. 

Answer 1

1. Mahatma Gandhi found in salt a powerful symbol that could unite the nation. On 31 January 1930, he sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin stating eleven demands.
2. The most stirring of all was the demand to abolish the salt tax.
3. Salt was something consumed by the rich and the poor alike, and it was one of the most essential items of food.
4. The tax on salt and the government monopoly over its production, Mahatma Gandhi declared, revealed the most oppressive face of British rule.
5. As a result, he began his well-known Salt March with 78 volunteers from Sabarmati to Dandi and urged the Indians to peacefully resist the British.