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Today in History
On March 12, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi began a 241-mile march to protest the British Salt Acts, which prohibited the people of India from collecting or selling their own salt. Instead, they were forced to use heavily taxed British-made salt.
Quote-Unquote
"Withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government."
– Mahatma Gandhi
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