Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha among most influential protests
NEW YORK: Mahatma Gandhi-led Salt Satyagraha during India's independence movement has been named among the 10 most influential protests in the world by America's prestigious Time magazine.
In March 1930, Gandhi embarked on a 24-day march from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad to the small seaside town of Dandi, attracting followers along the way.
The assembled throngs watched as he and dozens of others dipped into the sea to produce salt.
The campaign was a non-violent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement.
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