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The Salt Satyagraha was one of the most successful campaigns in Gandhiji's non-violent struggle against Britishers. Analyse the statement. |
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Answer» Solution :In the wake of the Salt Law March, nearly 60,000 Indians were arrested, AMONG them, of course, Gandhiji himself. The progress of Gandhiji's march to the seashore can be traced from the secret reports filed by the police officials DEPUTED to monitor his movements. Gandhiji persuaded the citizens to stand united. The police spies reported that Gandhiji's meetings were very well attended, by villagers of all castes. They observed thousands of volunteers flocking to the nationalist cause. Among them were many officials, who had resigned from their posts with the colonial government. The progress of the Salt March can also be traced from another source: the American news magazine, Time'. Earlier it despised Gandhiji's looks, writing DISDAINFULLY, of his "spindly frame" and his "spidery loins". Thus in its FIRST report, Time was deeply vsceptical of the Salt March reaching its destination. It claimed that Gandhiji "sank to the ground" at the end of the second day's walking, the magazine did not believe that "the emaciated saint would be physically able to go much further". But within a week it had changed its mind, observing the MASSIVE popular following that the march had garnered. They then saluted Gandhiji as a "Saint" and "Statesmen", who was using "Christian acts as a weapon against men with Christian beliefs" The Salt March gained the world's attention. The march was widely covered by the European and American press. It was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers. The socialist activist Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay had persuaded Gandhiji not to restrict the protests to men alone. Kamaladevi was herself one of numerous women who courted arrest by breaking the salt or liquor laws. The march made the British realize that their dominance would not last forever and that they would have to devolve some power to the Indians. |
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