In 1930 there was a non-violence salt protest which Gandhi was incharge. The Indians weren't allowed to sell or produce salt therefore they had to pay taxes to get salt since salt is necessary in any diet. Gandhi didn't like this law so on March 12 1930 he and his 78 followers started the journey from Sabarmati to Dandi which took them 23days long. Gandhi talked to every village he passed and more and more men joined as the journey went on. On April 5, when they reached the coast, Gandhi gave prayers in the middle of the crowd then picked up a lump of salt which was breaking the law. He was arrested and got imprisoned a month later with other protesters too. But Gandhi did not lose hope, give up, or regret what he have done. This salt protest started other protests against the British and many British shops and mills closed down. Then another March, Dharshana March, resulted terrible violence because the non-violent protestors did not defend themselves and many died. But the world soon supported and embraced the protestors and eventually made India gain their freedom from Britain.
After Gandhi was in prison for 8 months, he went on a fast for the "untouchables". The untouchables were the lowest political representative treated differently and working hard for the higher people. Gandhi started the strike on September 16 1932 to help the untouchables to be treated equally as the others. After 6 days without food he finally forced the British Gouvernments to accept the settlement between the higher-caste and the lower-caste. Gandhi called the untouchables "Children of God".
Gandhi had a spinning wheel which he made his own clothes called "khadi". There were a huge amount of unimployment in India at his days. The khadies were inexpensive and most of all, Gandhi's action taught Indians to be self-reliant.
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