Why Did Gandhi Salt The Lion's Tail?

How did Gandhi salt the lion’s tail? Born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Gandhi was a leader of the Indian nationalism in British ruled India. His culture and religion was very peaceful and he too was peaceful, this peace was always tested by the British rule in India. The British taxed the water where the Indians would get there salt from, Gandhi believed that this was an unjust law and decided to protest against this law. What made Gandhi’s non-violent movement work ? His followers were willing to accept jail time. They agreed not to follow unjust laws. And they embraced their enemy. The first thing Gandhi’s followers accepted was to serve jail time when they were to get arrested for protesting. This showed the how strongly Gandhi’s followers wanted this movement to go through. Gandhi’s followers wanted nothing more than peace and to do away with unjust laws so they can thrive in their own country. The English were trying to control India and the Indians did not appreciate that especially for taxing and making it illegal for the salt to be extracted from the water. This had been a living for the Indians, they …show more content…
Indian people are used to peace and getting what they want when they want. When the English came into India, they wanted to control India and they did it at the cost of taxing and making salt production illegal in India. They used this so that the Indians would have to pay the English for something that is needed very much. This production of salt was not just for salt, it is for the well being of the Indian people. It was more than just salt to them, it was a way of life, just as important as water to them. This salt taxation and law was unjust and Gandhi wanted to lead a peaceful movement to march and make salt so that the English could see that what they were doing was wrong, so that the world can see that the English were wrong for doing this to the