π Gandhi's Salt March begins (1930)
Where: Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad, India
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π On This Day: March 12
March 12, 1930: Gandhi's Salt March begins. On 12 March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi set out walking from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, India, toward the sea. It was a peaceful way to protest an unfair tax on salt, without fighting. After walking for 24 days, he made his own salt at the seaside village of Dandi.
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π§ Question of the day
What did Gandhi make at the seaside?
- A boat
- Salt
- Sugar
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Answer: Salt
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March 12, 1930: Gandhi's Salt March begins. It happened in Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad, India.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March