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IN 1930, INDIA HAD BEEN UNDER BRITISH RULE FOR MORE THAN

SEVENTY YEARS. THE BRITISH TREATED INDIANS POORLY AND FORCED THEM TO PAY HIGH TAXES ON MANY GOODS,

INCLUDING SALT. INDIANS NEEDED SALT TO STAY HEALTHY, AND MANY

POOR INDIANS COULDN’T AFFORD IT. MOHANDAS GANDHI, A LEADER IN THE NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE TO BRITISH RULE, DEMANDED THE GOVERNMENT

END THE HIGH TAXES ON SALT. WHEN THEY REFUSED, GANDHI

BEGAN THE GREAT SALT MARCH. IT WOULD BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROTESTS IN

INDIAN HISTORY.

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Levels N, Q, and U.

THE GREATSALT MARCH OF

Gandhi

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MARCH 12, 1930, ONE DAY AFTER THE DEADLINE

BY MOHANDAS GANDHI FOR THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO

REPEAL A TAX ON SALT.

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ANAND

BORSAD

RAS

DANDI

BY SITTING HERE, WE ARE DOING NOTHING.

WE MUST STAND UP AND MAKE OUR VOICES

HEARD.

HOW ARE WE TO DO

THAT?

IF WE CAN MAKE THE WORLD TALK, THE

BRITISH WON’T BE ABLE TO IGNORE US.

WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST WE DO? WHEN WE

DISOBEY, THEY BEAT AND ARREST US.

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THEY WOULD HAVE US PAY FOR SALT FROM OUR OWN LAND,

NOT TO MENTION PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO DO SO.

A SIMPLE ACTION THAT WILL SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. WE WILL GATHER

SALT FROM THE SEA. WE SUFFER

WHATEVER PUNISHMENT TO SHOW THE BRITISH AND THE

WORLD THAT THIS TAX IS UNJUST.

THE GREATSALT MARCH OF

Gandhi

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GANDHI AND SEVENTY-EIGHT OF HIS FOLLOWERS LEFT THEIR ASHRAM AND BEGAN THEIR 240 MILE

(386 KM) MARCH TO DANDI, INDIA.

ANAND, INDIA MARCH 17, 1930

BORSAD, INDIA MARCH 18, 1930

PLEASE, STAY. THE LAW IS UNJUST, BUT YOU COULD GET HURT IF

YOU DO THIS.

WE WILL MARCH TO

DANDI. WE WILL

TAKE SALT FROM INDIAN EARTH AND

INDIAN WATERS AND USE IT TO HELP FEED

INDIAN PEOPLE. WE WILL

DO ALL THIS AND NOT PAY A BRITISH

TAX.

YOU WILL PAY WITH YOUR BODIES.

KNOWING THAT, YOU STILL PLAN TO MARCH? WHY?

WE SEE NOTHING BEHIND THE LAWS THAT SUPPRESS US.

I INVITE YOU ALL, EVEN THE BRITISH, TO JOIN IN

THIS MOVEMENT.

WILL THEY PERPETRATE MANY

INJUSTICES IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY ONE?

AND WILL THEY PUT

INNOCENT MEN BEHIND BARS?

THE BRITISH MAKE US DANCE

TO THEIR TUNE ON THE STRENGTH OF THEIR

ARMY.

WE MARCH FOR SALT. WE MARCH FOR JUSTICE.

WE MARCH FOR THE PEOPLE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE MARCH FOR OUR

CHILDREN, SO ONE DAY THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO.

WE WILL HAVE STRENGTH IN NUMBERS,

BROTHER. WE WILL STAND UP AND SHOW THEM THE STRENGTH OF

SATYAGRAHA*.

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*SATYAGRAHA: THE PRACTICE OF SEEKING POLITICAL OR SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE

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RAS, INDIA MARCH 19, 1930

DANDI, INDIAAPRIL 6, 1930

WE SHALL VIOLATE THE LAW, AND WE SHALL

BE PREPARED TO SUFFER WHATEVER PENALTY—BE IT

IMPRISONMENT, FLOGGING, OR ANY OTHER.

I WISH I COULD BELIEVE THIS NON-INTERFERENCE BY THE

BRITISH WAS DUE TO ANY REAL CHANGE OF HEART OR POLICY.

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT THE GOVERNMENT

WILL TOLERATE AS THEY HAVE TOLERATED THIS MARCH.

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MR. GANDHI, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU

DON’T PAY THE TAX INSTEAD OF GOING TO JAIL?

WE HAVE PROVEN THAT CHANGE CAN

COME IN MANY FORMS.

CHANGE CAN ALSO COME FROM

SOMETHING AS SMALL AS A GRAIN

OF SALT.

WE MARCH TO DHARASANA AND

THEIR SALTWORKS. WE WILL KEEP GOING UNTIL WE GET A RESPONSE FROM THE BRITISH.

WHAT NOW FOR YOU AND YOUR

GROUP?

IT CAN COME FROM THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

PEACEFULLY MARCHING AGAINST THEIR GOVERNMENT.

GANDHI WOULD BE ARRESTED ALONG WITH MORE THAN SIXTY THOUSAND INDIANS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL

MONTHS. HE WOULD STAY IN PRISON UNTIL 1931. THANKS TO GANDHI’S AND MANY OTHERS’ WORK, INDIA

WOULD BE FREE OF BRITISH RULE ON AUGUST 15, 1947. GANDHI LIVED TO SEE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE BEFORE BEING ASSASSINATED ON JANUARY 30, 1948.

THE ACTUAL BREACH OF THE SALT LAWS BY

COUNTLESS PEOPLE TODAY AND GOING FORWARD WILL SHOW OUR TRUE

RESOLVE.

THEY MAY HURT US, ARREST US, AND

TRY TO KILL OUR SPIRIT. THROUGH ALL THAT,

WE MUST STAY TRUE— WE MUST STAY PEACEFUL

AND NONVIOLENT.

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