What year did Mahatma Gandhi lead the Salt March?
1930. At this time, India was under British rule. Mahatma Gandhi led nonviolent protests to end the British rule and gain self-government for India. As a way to tax the Indians, Britain passed a Salt Law which did not allow Indians to make their own salt. In 1930, Gandhi led a 250-mile march to the sea to make salt as a form of nonviolent protest. Did you know it took more than 24 days to complete the journey?
