1. Mohandas Gandhi and the salt march
Historical context

2. Gandhi as political leader
Revered around the world for his nonviolent philosophy of passive resistance
Mohandas Gandhi was known to his many followers as Mahatma, or “the great-souled one.”
the leading figure in India’s struggle to gain independence from Great Britain.

3. The salt march
Britain’s Salt Acts prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt.
Citizens were forced to buy the vital mineral from the British, who also exerted a heavy salt tax.
Defying the Salt Acts, Gandhi reasoned, would be an ingeniously simple way for many Indians to break a British law nonviolently.

4. The march continued
During the march, thousands of Indians followed Gandhi to the Arabian Sea coast.
The march caught global attention and put Britain's ruling powers in the spotlight.
The march resulted in the arrest of nearly 60,000 people, including Gandhi himself.

5. The aftermath
After his release from prison and subsequent negotiations, British leaders later acknowledged Gandhi as a force they could not suppress or ignore.
India’s independence was finally granted in August 1947.