Which products did Gandhi boycott? Sugar, tea, wool, salt.

History · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020

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Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement, is known for organizing and leading several boycotts and acts of civil disobedience against British goods and laws. Among these, the most famous product he called for the boycott of was salt, during the Dandi March or Salt Satyagraha in 1930. Gandhi led a 240-mile march to the Arabian Sea coast, near the village of Dandi in the state of Gujarat, to produce salt without paying the salt tax, defying British law.

The boycotts led by Gandhi weren't limited to salt, though. He urged Indians to boycott British textiles and promoted the use of Khadi (homemade cotton clothing) to support local artisans and industries.

However, sugar, tea, and wool were not the primary focus of Gandhi's boycotts. While he promoted the idea of Swadeshi, which involved the boycott of all British goods and the revival of domestic products and production processes, there isn't a specific recorded instance where Gandhi singled out sugar, tea, or wool in the same way he did with salt or British textile.

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