Salt March
In 1930, Britain had complete control over the producing and selling of salt all over the world. Britain used the taxes that they got from their salt sales to keep their government in India. This made many people, such as Mohandas Gandhi, very unhappy. Gandhi was a very inspirational figure among the Indians and preached of peace, harmony, equality, and nonviolence. Gandhi saw the salt monopoly as a symbol of the power that the British had over them. Although the Indians were fully capable of going out and collecting their own salt, it was outlawed by the British. Gandhi realizes the unfairness of Britain's actions, and organizes his salt march. Him and his followers walk from town to town spreading this realization of unfairness on the 240 mile journey toward the sea. Gandhi started off with only 78 followers, but by the time he reached the sea, he ended up with thousands. When he got there, him and his followers all picked up pieces of salt and were arrested by British Officers. Soon, thousands more people began to go to the sea and getting salt, which resulted in them being arrested as well. Many of Gandhi's followers obeyed his idea of nonviolence and whenever they were beaten by the British officers, they never fought back. This made Britain look terrible and heartless to people all around the world. Britain gave in and gave the Indians more rights and power. These rights would not have been gained if it weren't for Gandhi's views on life and his idea of the Salt March.