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How did Salt March become an effective tool of resistance against colonialism? Explain.

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Salt became an effective tool of resistance against colonialism because of the following reasons: 

  • Gandhiji found in salt a powerful bond that would unite the nations as it – was consumed by all rich and poor alike. 
  • Gandhiji’s letter to Viceroy Irwin stated eleven demands. Most of them were of general interest but the most stirring was to abolish the salt tax imposed by the colonial government. 
  • Irwin’s unwillingness to negotiate forced Gandhiji to start his salt March which was joined by thousands. It developed the feeling of nationalism. 
  •  People in different parts of the country broke salt law and manufactured salt and demonstrated infront of government salt factories. 
  • People unitedly followed Gandhiji’s words. They refused to pay taxes, revenues, picketed liquor shops, boycotted foreign clothes, resigned from government jobs violated forest laws. 


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