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Gandhi's Salt March, India, 1930

Gandhi's Salt March, India, 1930

In March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi (with walking stick) embarks on a 25-day, 241-mile walk across India to protest Britain's salt tax, inspiring a massive wave of civil disobedience throughout the country.

In this photo: Mahatma Gandhi

Photo: Time Life Pictures/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Apr 01, 1930
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