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The Salt March of Bengal: Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi in the East
In this episode, we trace the little-known but pivotal Salt Satyagraha in Bengal, a chapter of India's freedom struggle that often gets overshadowed by the better-known Dandi March. We focus on the remarkable figure of Satish Chandra Dasgupta, a lawyer turned revolutionary who led the salt campaign from his ashram in Khulna, now in Bangladesh. We explore how Gandhi's call for nonviolent defiance against the British salt tax resonated in the deltaic landscape of Bengal, where salt was a daily necessity and a symbol of colonial exploitation. The episode also highlights the role of…
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