... law, since the British exercised a monopoly on the production and sale of salt. This was the beginning of the civil disobedience movement. It was a brilliant, non-violent strategy by Gandhi. To enforce the law of the land, the British had to arrest the soldiers of ... civil disobedience and Indians courted arrest in millions. Gandhi himself was arrested, and thousands of others were also hauled into jail. There was panic ... Tolstoy left a profound influence and imprint on Gandhi as did the teachings of Jesus Christ and the nineteenth century writer Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's essay "...

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