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Omaha Steve

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Tue Mar 15, 2016, 05:51 PM Mar 2016

3-12-16 Gandhi’s Salt March in 2:00


http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/march-12-1016-gandhis-salt-march/




March 12, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1930. That was the day that Mahatma Gandhi began his famous Salt March. The March was to protest British colonial rule of India and the repressive salt tax waged on the Indian people. Under British rule, Indian people were prohibited from producing salt.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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