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Social Science · 2022 · 3 marks
CBSE 2022 · Region 3 · Set 1 · Q7
"Mahatma Gandhi found, in 'salt', a powerful symbol that could unite the nation." Support the statement with three arguments.
"Mahatma Gandhi found, in 'salt', a powerful symbol that could unite the nation." Support the statement with three arguments.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) The most stirring of all was the demand to abolish the salt tax.
(ii) Salt was something consumed by the rich and the poor alike.
(iii) It was one of the most essential items of food.
(iv) The tax on salt gave government monopoly over its production.
(v) Mahatma Gandhi declared Salt Law as the most oppressive face of British rule.
(vi) Gandhiji started Salt March with $\displaystyle 78$ volunteers from Sabarmati to Dandi.
(vii) He urged Indians to peacefully defy the British.
(viii) Students, teachers, lawyers, traders, farmers, workers, and women joined together in the movement.
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