As with many other commodities, Britain had kept India’s salt trade under its thumb since the 19th century, forbidding natives from manufacturing or selling the mineral and forcing them to buy it at high cost from British merchants. Since salt was a nutritional necessity in India’s steamy climate, Gandhi saw the salt laws as an inexcusable evil.
I cook a lot, my spice cabinet alone would be worth kingdoms in the ancient world.
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As recently as 1930 people were fighting just to get salt.
When Gandhi’s Salt March Rattled British Colonial Rule
I have about 3, yes.
Got more than three outfits? Congrats! You're doing better than people just 200 years ago!