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Why did Gandhiji decide to break the Salt Act to begin the Satyagraha? |
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Answer» 1. Before launching the Civil Disobedience Movement Gandhiji demanded cancellation of salt tax and end the monopoly of the British government to manufacture it. 2. Being an important ingredient in the food of the common people, it was unjust to impose a tax on salt. 3. Gandhiji decided to launch the Salt Satyagraha by a violation of the Salt Act, which was symbolic in breaking all unjust and oppressive laws of the British. |
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