21 MAY
HUNDREDS INJURED – TWO KILLED – AS GANDHI’S FOLLOWERS ARE BEATEN WITH LATHIS
[ 21 May 1930 ]
Since the British had begun to extend their rule over India in the eighteenth century, they had relied on various forms of local taxation to pay for the soldiers and administrative apparatus, which ensured that India remained part of the Empire and that wealth continued to flow westwards to London, where by the twentieth century all key political and economic decisions were taken.
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