WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
Question
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banning of Western books and music
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removal of British control from the subcontinent
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development of an economic alliance for South Asian nations
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peaceful partitioning of British India into India and Pakistan
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Detailed explanation-1: -The march covered over 240 miles, from Gandhiji’s ashram in a place called Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi. On 6 April he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law, and started manufacturing salt by boiling seawater. This movement marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gandhi’s act defied a law of the British Raj mandating that Indians buy salt from the government and prohibiting them from collecting their own.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gandhi was taken into custody on May 5, after he announced his intention to lead a peaceful raid on a government salt works at Dharasana. But even with their leader behind bars, his followers pressed on. On May 21, some 2, 500 marchers ignored warnings from police and made an unarmed advance on the Dharasana depot.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gandhi during the salt march, March 1930. In 1930, Gandhi famously led a march to the sea to collect salt (which Indians were banned from producing), forcing the British Raj into a classic decision dilemma and paving the way for Indian independence.