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The Salt March
URL: http://www.saltmarch.org.in

Description:
This site was established to commemorate the 75th anniversary (in 2005) of the 1930 Salt March in which Mohandas K. Gandhi and marchers walked 241 miles in 24 days to a place to make salt to protest against the British salt tax in Colonial India. Features photos, video clips, and facts about the march. Also includes material about the 2005 march reenactment. From the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation, founded by a great-grandson of Gandhi.

Publisher:
Mahatma Gandhi Foundation

Extra Keywords
Salt Satyagraha

LII Database Information:
Record 23459 created by Maria Brandt on 03/05/2007
Last modification on 03/07/2007
Published: 03/07/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23459