HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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G K Gokhale
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M K Gandhi
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J L Nehru
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Netaji S C Bose
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Detailed explanation-1: -Who was the first national leader to decry the salt tax in the Indian legislature? A.G.K. Gokhale.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lokmanya Tilak (1856-1920) was the first national leader of the Indian freedom movement who transcended provinces, communities and languages to establish himself in the hearts of millions.
Detailed explanation-3: -With natural salt fields on both its coasts and huge rock salt deposits and salt lakes, India had an ancient tradition of salt making and trading. On the West coast in Gujarat, salt had been made for at least 5, 000 years in a 9, 000 square-mile marshland known as the Rann of Kutch.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.