WeekInTime Issue 56: The Salt March

Mahatma Gandhi and his followers reach the end of the Salt March in 1930

They marched 240 miles in defiance of British rule. Although they started with several dozen followers, their numbers swelled to thousands as they approached the shore of the Arabian Sea. Grabbing a fistful of mud and salt, the procession’s leader staged the first act of defiance against the colonial regime. This week in time, Mohandas Gandhi reached th…