Gandhi’s Salt March

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – better known by the name Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) – is arrested on 5 May 1930, one month after he had picked up a chunk of salt on the beach at Dandi. The British monopoly on salt prohibits Indians from owning and processing this raw material themselves. Gandhi’s 24-day “salt march" had set off an uprising against this law throughout the country. Tens of thousands of Indians are thrown into prison. The unrest continues nevertheless. A world-wide sensation results from the brutal conduct by police against peaceful demonstrators who are practicing the “non-violent resistance” made famous by Gandhi.