Gandhi's Salt Strategy
Mahatma Gandhi's acts
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Khadi Campaign
began
as a civil rights leader
on the distant shores of South Africa
1914
return India
as a recognized rabble-rouser
discarded Western clothing, donned the homespun cloth
"khadi campaign"
encouraged Indians to spin cotton into yarn, weave,
boycott British manufactured textiles
encouraged Indians disobey British salt laws
boosted self-respect, trained citizens, provided people with constructive work
=>lead a nation to independence
=> traditional Indian clothing became a commodity, a visual uniform of nationalism
Gandhi's Salt March
Salt Campaign
1930, Gandhi lead a 240-mile march to the sea to collect salt
though Gandhi's idea met with skepticism, turned out to be ingenious
strict laws, Indian buy expensive, heavily taxed British salt
other civil rights leaders began to take notes for their own campaign to come
60000 marchers were jailed and brutally beaten, but most marched were not given up
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=>campaign gained a abroad
1947, India was recognized as an independent nation