Gandhi
Clip on the Salt March
(teaching
clip for non-violence and direct action)
Michele
Rudy
Friday, 5 September 2014
17:13:56
mohandas Gandhi
once said …
Next to air and water,
Salt is perhaps the greatest necessity
of life
-
Ghandi
-
India 1930
Mohandas Gandhi ‘s 24 day march to the sea
From
the 12th of march to april 5 1930
Was
a pivotal event in India’s
quest to become independent.
After
almost 200 years of British Rule.
With
over 70 marchers Gandhi walked from his Ashram
Community near
Ahmedebad to the sea coast of Dandi.
Fearing
arrest the marchers vowed to break the laws
which
forbade Indians from gathering salt from the sea.
This
peaceful protest of the laws and taxes imposed
by Great Britain
Was
part of Gandhi’s Satyagraha movement.
This successful
campaign was an effective way of challenging British Law and inspired many
future peaceful campaigns worldwide.
Source
:
Gandhi
a march to the sea
by alice b mcginty
Illustrated
by Thomas Gonzalez
Publisher
amazons children’s publishing
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