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Today in Peace and Justice history on March 12, 1930
Gandhi's Salt March began from Ahmadabad, India, with 76 followers to protest the salt tax. Great Britain's Salt Acts prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple of the Indian diet. http://bit.ly/13RuYxL