Tag: Constructive action
Gandhi’s Salt: How a Fistful of Mud and Seawater Shook the British Empire
/ | Leave a CommentOn April 6th, 1930 at 6:30am after morning prayers, Mohandas K. Gandhi raised a lump of salty mud and declared, “With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire.” Salt was an unexpected choice for the revolutionary nonviolent movement. Earlier that year, the Indian National Congress had boldly issued a declaration of self-rule, […]
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