In 1930 this man led a march to the sea to collect salt in protest of a monopoly by the govt. of India
The 1882 Salt Act gave the British a monopoly on the 
collection and... [DOC] [TLE] Gandhi leads civil disobedience - Mar 12, 1930 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On March 12, 1930, Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi begins a 
defiant march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt, ... Britain's Salt 
Acts prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in ... Gandhi spoke 
and led prayers and early the next morning walked down to the sea to make salt.