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Natural salt, an earthenware bowl, handwoven cloth and a wooden staff lie beside a quiet Indian shore at dawn.World events

Gandhi breaks the salt law at Dandi on 6 April 1930

On 6 April 1930, Gandhi gathered natural salt at Dandi after a march through Gujarat. The act deliberately challenged colonial salt controls and connected the demand for Indian self-government with a necessity of daily life.

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