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The British taxed salt production of the Indians.  Their government reclaimed any sea-salt activities illegal, and then repeatedly used force to stop it.

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Thousands of Indians followed Gandhi from his religious retreat near Ahmadabad to the Arabian Sea coast, a distance of some 240 miles.

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About 80,000 people were arrested because of civil disobedience, and many were beaten by police.
Gandhi was taken into custody on May 5, after he announced his intention to lead a peaceful raid on a government salt works at Dharasana.

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Indian, British, and other world opinion increasingly began to recognize the legitimacy of claims by Gandhi and the Congress Party for sovereignty and self-rule. More than thirty years later, Satyagraha and the March to Dandi exercised a strong influence on Martin Luther King, Jr., and his fight for civil rights .

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Gandhi's protest included non-conformity and confidence. He shows non-conformity by disobeying the law, while doing what he thinks is right. He demonstrates confidence by doing the protest. If he had no confidence he would not have had the courage to arrange the protest.