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Why was Gandhiji salt as powerful weapon to unite the nation? |
| Answer» It was found in a salt powerful symbol which enhanced the nation to be united strongly.The idea was to make the demand wide ranging,so that all classes within Indian society could identify with them & everyone could be brought together in a united campaign.The most stirring of all was the demand to abolish the salt tax.Salt was something consumed by the rich & the poor a like,& it was one of the most essential of foods.The tax on salts & the government monopoly over its production,Mahatma Gandhi declared,revealed the most oppressive face of the British rule. | |