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Today in History: March 12, Gandhi begins ‘Salt March’

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A black and white image of Gandhi walking with followers
Mahatma Gandhi, with bared head and chest, leading his crusaders at the start of a march in the hope of changing salt laws during his civil disobedience campaign on March 27, 1930. The start of the march was very impressive, thousands upon thousands being on hand to see Gandhi and his followers moving off. (AP Photo)
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Mohandas Gandhi began his 24-day, 240-mile “Salt March” to the Indian village of Dandi (then called Navsari) as an act of non-violent civil disobedience to protest the salt tax levied by colonial Britain.

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