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Dharasana Satyagraha (1930)

On the Indian independence map as “Dharasana salt works”

21 May 1930 — At the salt works, columns of satyagrahis walked forward without resistance into police lathis. Reporter Webb Miller counted the stretchers and sent a dispatch that reached a thousand newspapers. Readers could see how the Raj used the club to enforce its rule.

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Type
Turning point
Chapter
Salt March and civil disobedience (chapter 8 of Indian independence)
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Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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Map showing Dharasana Satyagraha (1930), turning point in Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
TURNING POINT · INDIAN INDEPENDENCE & PARTITION, 1857–1964

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