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Word: dharasana (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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Falsification. Certainly one of the most vital events of the week was the leading of a non violent march on the Government Salt Works at Dharasana by St. Gandhi's successor as chief of his movement for independence, plump but fiery Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Suppression | 5/26/1930 | See Source »

Lady Leader. As No. 2 leader of the Gandhi movement, Judge Tyabji at once announced that he would carry out a project which the Saint was on the verge of attempting when jailed: a great "nonviolent raid" on the salt deposits at Dharasana. How a "raid" can be "nonviolent" is hard for occidentals to understand. The British did not try, promptly clapped No. 2 leader Tyabji into jail near Navsari. Naturally smart St. Gandhi had not omitted to name a No. 3 leader. Automatically his whole vast movement for independence was turned over to her: Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, poetess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Lady After Saint | 5/19/1930 | See Source »

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