Why was the demand for the abolition of the Salt Tax placed?

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The most essential food item was sold at higher rates.

The colonial government had a monopoly in manufacturing the salt.

Gandhi believed that the protest against the salt tax would be the start of a national movement.

All of the above.

answer is D.

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The demand for the abolition of the Salt Tax was placed because the essential food item was sold at higher rates, the colonial government had a monopoly in manufacturing salt, and Gandhi believed that the protest against the salt tax would be the start of a national movement.
The most oppressive feature of British rule was the tax on salt and the government's monopoly over salt production. The demand for the abolition of tax was placed because it was the most striving demand as it was an essential food item. Salt was something that was consumed by the rich and the poor alike. So Mahatma Gandhi put forward the demand for the abolition of the Salt Tax. Mahatma Gandhi also believed that protesting against the salt tax and the government monopoly over manufacturing could bring all the Indians together in a national movement.

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