Indian Independence

Question 2 • WA-World History B - Aberdeen

Why did the Salt March occur?

Answer

to protest an unfair British law

to find salt, as it was in short supply

to increase salt exports to European countries

to attempt to shut down the British salt works

Explanation

The Salt March was a protest against British rule in India, especially the law that gave the British control over salt production and taxed salt. Gandhi and his followers marched to the sea and made salt themselves to defy that unfair law. The march was not mainly about a shortage of salt or increasing exports.

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