The Salt March was the start of a national campaign to reject the salt tax. The march took place on March 12, 1930 when Gandhi and his followers marched from the Sabarmati Ashram and traveled 200 miles towards the sea. The group of marchers grew as the days went on. They built up to a few thousand people and marched 12 miles per day. On April 5th, they reached Dandi, which was a town on the coast of Gujarat. Gandhi made a presentation by picking up a grain of sea salt that was on the beach, technically breaking the law. The Salt March began a chain reaction and a national effort for Indians to start making their own salt. Thousands of people walked to the beaches to collect salt and some even began to evaporate salt water. This new salt that was being produced by Indians sold all over the country. The idea was contagious and peaceful protests around India took place. The British responded with mass arrests.
After the step back that happened during Gandhi's arrest for the Rowlatt Act, his teachings proved to take two steps forward. Gandhi announced that he planned the march on Dharasana Salt Works, which was owned by the British government. Without trial, the British imprisoned Gandhi. The British were trying to stop the protests and they hoped that Gandhi's arrest would put a stop to the march and its efforts, but that was not even close to what happened. They underestimated Gandhi's followers. One of Gandhi's greatest followers was a poet named Mrs. Sarojini Naidu; she took over and led 2500 marchers. The group reached the 400 police officials and some British officers who were already aware of the situation. The marchers came in a column of 25 at a time. They were assaulted and beaten up with clubs and batons. The internati...
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The introduction of civil disobedience reminded the world that it had the option of nonviolence and that negative action did not have to be countered with equally negative reaction. Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Civil Disobedience” embraced the idea of a man who took action to maintain his morality, even if it meant defying the government. Mahatma Gandhi, in turn, instigated his own act of civil disobedience in the Salt March where he marched across India and collected salt forbidden by British law. Thoreau’s writings on civil disobedience inspired Gandhi’s nonviolent movement, the Salt March, in which he was compelled to take action against a corrupt government.
Gandhi built a nonviolent community that has been just as dedicated to Indian independence as he was. He was imprisoned during the Salt March but his followers remained passionate about their peaceful resistance nonetheless. Gandhi’s community stayed true to their ideals and practices despite a vicious beating (Doc B). Thanks to their loyalty, Gandhi had a group of people he could count on to help him fight towards his goal of independence. Gandhi’s followers were fully aware that they would be mercilessly beaten, however, they remained persistent (Doc B). Having people
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This investigation seeks to discover whether or not the Sepoy revolution in 1857 had a sufficient impact on India’s rise to independence and separation from the British Empire. The Sepoy revolution was a revolution of the Sepoy soldiers in 1857, and complete independence from the British Empire was not achieved by Indians until 1947. Therefore, did the Sepoy revolution catalyze their rise to independence, or was independence inevitable? The impact of the Sepoy Revolution will be found by looking at the effects of the Sepoy revolution and determining whether or not they were key factors in the rise to independence. A variety of sources will be used. Two important sources that will be used during this investigation are Indian Summer by Alex Von Tunzelmann and Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World by Niall Ferguson.
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One of the laws prohibited Indians from making their own salt. Salt was essential in the Indian culture and the British forced them to buy salt and had a tax on salt. A large population of India was impoverished and struggled due to the expense of salt and the additional tax. Gandhi led the salt march, an act to defy the British laws on salt. Thousands of people joined Gandhi on his march and they gathered at the seaside to make sea salt. Symbolically, they reach the sea on the anniversary of the Massacre of Amritsar. The protest, once again aggravated the British. The police arrived and demanded that they hand over the salt. After refusing to give the salt to the police, many Indians were arrested. It was an issue for the British primarily because of money. They made it illegal for the Indians to make their own salt because the needed the profit they got from selling and taxing salt. The Indian people suffered from poverty from many of the British laws, and the salt laws were increasingly frustrating for them. A group of non-violent protesters arrived at the Dharasana Salt Works and were beaten. Although every man before them had been brutally knocked down, the peaceful protesters continued to walk up to the British. The act showed the British the determination of the Indian people. No many how many times they were beaten or arrested, there would still be people protesting. Soon after the protest at Dharasana Salt Works, Gandhi and others were released from jail. A conference was held in Britain to discuss the possibility of India’s independence. The Indian people were successful in their fight against British
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In India, a reformer named Gandhi lead his followers across the country to protest the British salt restrictions. These restrictions prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, which was very important to Indian cuisine. Indians were forced to purchase from the British who placed a tax on salt. To help his people, Gandhi resisted the British salt policies and started a civil disobedience. When Gandhi and his followers accomplished their travels, they planned on making salt from seawater. Gandhi and his people's dedication to resistance spread across India. In a result, many got arrested including Gandhi himself. Although in prison, the resistance still fought on. This resistance easily helped grant India’s
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...was experiencing. Lastly, Gandhi continued to struggle with the satyagraha belief and was willing to devote his time on demanding the British to “quit India.” However, despite being imprisoned for this campaign, Gandhi aroused upheaval from the Indians who insisted the British to remove Gandhi from captivity. After the execution of the Salt March, the events that followed supported Gandhi’s philosophy on the satyagraha movement and further more brought India closer to its Independence from the British colonization.
In another scene, Gandhi is in jail, and some of his followers are peacefully gathered in a square. The police lock up the square and kill almost everyone, over 1,500 people. Gandhi is disgusted and discouraged. He continues to preach non-violence, but the Indians do have occasional conflict with the police. Gandhi’s counter to the popular phrase “an eye for an eye” says that after that, “everyone will be blind.” Gandhi leads several organized protests against British rule. In one, all Indians stopped doing their work, and the major cities in the country were disabled. Another time, he led a 165-mile walk to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt. The Indians made their own salt out of the sea.
Within the context of the period 1847-1947 to what extent was Indian independence primarily the result of the growth of Indian nationalism?