11 Facts About Salt Satyagraha

Salt Satyagraha campaign was based upon Gandhi's principles of non-violent protest called satyagraha, which he loosely translated as "truth-force".

The 1882 Salt Satyagraha Act gave the British a monopoly on the collection and manufacture of salt, limiting its handling to government salt depots and levying a salt tax.

Salt Satyagraha reasoned that it would build unity between Hindus and Muslims by fighting a wrong that touched them equally.

Salt Satyagraha is a synthesis of the Sanskrit words Satya and Agraha.

Salt Satyagraha decided that Indians were not yet ready for successful nonviolent resistance.

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Salt Satyagraha implored his thousands of followers to likewise begin making salt along the seashore, "wherever it is convenient" and to instruct villagers in making illegal, but necessary, salt.

Salt Satyagraha's group started from Tiruchirappalli, in Madras Presidency, to the coastal village of Vedaranyam.

Salt Satyagraha wrote to Lord Irwin, again telling him of his plans.

Salt Satyagraha was arrested under an 1827 regulation calling for the jailing of people engaged in unlawful activities, and held without trial near Poona.

Salt Satyagraha did not produce immediate progress toward dominion status or self-rule for India, did not elicit major policy concessions from the British, or attract much Muslim support.

The Satyagraha campaign of the 1930s forced the British to recognise that their control of India depended entirely on the consent of the Indians – Salt Satyagraha was a significant step in the British losing that consent.