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the amount of salt smuggled into India increased
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the amount of salt smuggled into India decreased
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the amount of salt smuggled into India neither increased nor decreased
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It could be said that the increasing incidence of leprosy in India was due to the salt tax. Dr. Hutchinson considers the salt tax a barbarous practice, which ill becomes the British Government. In 1909, Mahatma Gandhi wrote in his Hind Swaraj from South Africa, urging the British administration to abolish the salt tax.
Detailed explanation-2: -Salt Tax. Britain’s Salt Act of 1882 prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in their diet. Indian citizens were forced to buy the vital mineral from their British rulers, who, in addition to exercising a monopoly over the manufacture and sale of salt, also charged a heavy salt tax.
Detailed explanation-3: -In order to harmonise regulations over the supply of salt, the British passed the India Salt Act of 1882. This created a government monopoly on the manufacture and sale of salt. Salt could be manufactured and handled only at official government salt depots, with a tax of one rupee four annas on each maund (82 pounds).
Detailed explanation-4: -The satyagraha against the salt tax continued for almost a year, ending with Gandhi’s release from jail and negotiations with Viceroy Lord Irwin at the Second Round Table Conference. Although over 60, 000 Indians were jailed as a result of the Salt Satyagraha, the British did not make immediate major concessions.