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leading the marchers on the shoot...

On the West coast in Gujarat, salt had been made for thousands of years in a marshland known as the Rann of Kutch. The marshland gets covered by sea water and so also with flooded rivers in the rainy season. By winter the salt water begins to evaporate, leaving a salt crust...

During his march, Gandhi led the marchers across the vast salt fields of coastal Gujarat...
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Written Mar 7, 2004

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