Why did Mahatma Gandhi perceive 'Salt' as a powerful symbol that unite the nation?###Why did the Indians oppose the tax on salt in 1930?
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- Salt was something consumed by the rich and the poor alike and was one of the most essential food items.
- The tax on salt and the government monopoly over its production revealed the most oppressive face of the British.
- Gandhiji thought that an ordinary thing like salt could give the movement a grand success which would ultimately dethrone the foreign rule.
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