The Inevitability of the Insurgency Campaign

The british held a monopoly on india's production of salt, even though it could easily be gathered by anyone on the coast. This was quite a burden for the poorest of the poor in india, for whom salt was their only condiment. Gandi planned to lead a march of his followers from his ashram near bombay, present day mombai, to the coastal town of dandi,. where he would gather sea salt left on the shore by the waves and encourage indians everywhere to do the same. The viceroy read this letter with a sense of relief. He imagined the 60 year old gondi rather fragile and leaning on a bamboo cane, leading