Indian Independence

Question 2 • *FL-2109310-World History Semester 2

Why did the Salt March occur?

Answer

to protest an unfair British law

to find salt, as it was in short supply

to increase salt exports to European countries

to attempt to shut down the British salt works

Explanation

The Salt March was a nonviolent protest led by Mahatma Gandhi against British control of salt production and the tax on salt. Gandhi and his followers marched to the sea to make salt themselves, defying the unfair British law. The march was a protest, not an effort to find scarce salt or increase exports.

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