Jan 15, 2025 · The Salt March was a major nonviolent protest action in India led by Mahatma Gandhi in March–April 1930. The march, which gained him widespread support among his fellow Indians, was the first act of a larger campaign of civil disobedience that Gandhi waged against British rule in India.

Sep 27, 2019 · Gandhi organized Indian resistance, fought anti-Indian legislation in the courts and led large protests against the colonial government. Along the way, he developed a public persona and a...

Gandhi leading his followers on the Salt March to abolish the British salt laws. The Salt march, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March, and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India, led by Mahatma Gandhi.

Nov 24, 2009 · On September 20, 1932, in his cell at Yerwada Jail in Pune, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest of the British government’s decision to separate India’s electoral...

Jun 10, 2010 · The Salt March of 1930 was a bold act of nonviolent civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest and put an end to British rule and taxation in India.

In 1915, aged 45, he returned to India and soon set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers to protest against discrimination and excessive land tax.

6 days ago · The Indians held a mass protest meeting at Johannesburg in September 1906 and, under Gandhi’s leadership, took a pledge to defy the ordinance if it became law in the teeth of their opposition and to suffer all the penalties resulting from their defiance.

Mar 12, 2015 · In honor of the anniversary, we’ve rounded up five major protests that served as inspiration for future protestors, from ancient times to the modern day. 1. Gandhi’s Salt March

Gandhi’s idea was to lead a march about salt. At the time, the British Empire had a stranglehold on salt in India. The essential mineral was heavily taxed by the colonial power, and Indians could even be jailed for daring to make salt themselves. For Gandhi, the issue encapsulated the wicked tyranny of colonialism.

Mar 26, 2019 · After he was evicted from a train in South Africa, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi devoted his life to combatting racial inequality through passive resistance. It was a wet, windy day on...