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7. Briefly explain the, , “Salt Satyagraha” undertaken, , by Mahatma Gandhi. |, Ans. (i) Mahatma Gandhi sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin, , (ii), , (iii), , (iv), , stating eleven demands. The most stirring of all, was the demand to abolish the salt tax., , Salt was something consumed by the rich, and the poor alike. He opposed the tax on, salt and the Government monopoly over its, production., , When Irwin was unwilling to negotiate., Mahatma Gandhi started his famous salt, march accompanied by 78 of his trusted, volunteers., , The march was over 240 miles, from Gandhiji's, ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal, town of Dandi.