«*» RUKHSANA«*» 12th march .....Dandi yatra by Mahatma Gandhi

 

Salt, the only mineral substance consumed by humans, had been heavily taxed by the British for over 40 years and for 40 years nationalist leaders, including Gandhi ji, had been protesting against the tax.  Gandhi ji knew the mind of his people. A focus on the salt laws was easy to understand. Also, the salt campaign was to be a non-elitist one. Everyone from the humblest peasant upwards could easily break the law by manufacturing salt, by selling it, or giving it away. Gandhi ji waded into the sea for a ritual bath. Then, in his wet loin cloth, with a shawl draped across his shoulders, he walked back over the fine, dark sand towards his camp. The police had been busy destroying salt deposits, but as the sun rose, the barefooted Gandhi ji entered a hollow filled with salt and mud.  To the enthusiastic shouts of his followers he bent down and picked up a handful of this mixture. There was little ceremony, but the battle had begun in earnest. Gandhi ji was not arrested at Dandi. The Salt March gave the world the idea of mass nonviolence in politics. It was also a living sermon to the country, which was heard by many and changed many. That sermon speaks to us just as loudly in the new millennium. The revolution that Gandhi ji sought to achieve was not merely political. It was also social.  Mahatma Gandhi ji 's biographer, Louis Fischer, once said that his greatness "lay in doing what everyone could do but doesn't"                   WARM REGARDS,   AKHTAR KHATRI     Love for All and Sharing is the first step to solving all the problems of humanity. No credit for me...credit to EVERYONE for sharing *****help what we can with others in need...the world is ONE big family*****   "If friendship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world." ALL THE MAILS POSTED BY ME R NOT MY PROPERTY, ALL R TAKEN FROM NET, IF SOMETHING IS COPYRIGHTED PLZ INFORM ME, SO THAT I MAY NOT POST THE MATERIAL IN THE FUTURE

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