mohandas karamchand gandhi broke salt law in belgaum in 1930.
mohandas karamchand gandhi broke salt law in belgaum in 1930.
who broke salt law in belgaum in 1930?
mohandas karamchand gandhi
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in 1930, after the success of mahatma gandhi's salt satyagraha, karnataka decided to conduct its own. on 13 april, in the presence of about 40,000 people m.p. nadakarni broke the salt law in ankola. revu honnappa naik, honnappa mangeshkar bought the first packet of salt auctioned for 30 rupees. after the auction swami vidyananda addressed the gathering in which leaders like karnad sadashiva rao, smt umabai kundapur, dr hardikar, t.s. naikand others participated. the police promptly arrested the leaders but the sathyagraha continued for 45 days with full tempo. salt sathyagraha was offered in nearly 30 centres like mangalore, kundapur, udupi, puttur, padubidre, etc. in karnataka. students came out in large numbers to prepare salt and sell it from house to house. when gandhiji decided to raid the salt depot at dharsana, a similar raid was undertaken in karnataka at sanikatte. a group of volunteers led by sridhar panduranga balaji collected a few maunds of salt and carried it to kumta, where the whole stock was sold in 15 minutes.
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