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At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."
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Salt March
1930 Indian protest led by Mahatma Gandhi
The Salt march, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March, and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of non violent civil disobedience in colonial India, led by Mahatma Gandhi. The 24-day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
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Territory ruled by the United Kingdom
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