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Why did the british band the Indians from making their own salt?
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∙ 11y ago
The British wanted to levy taxes on everything to plunder the people of India most of whom were very poor in the days the British were ruling India. Salt was such an essential thing for cooking the meager food that the population could afford and the British wanted to tax even that and prevent the common man from producing salt. Remember also that it was taxation without representation. In a nutshell the British were greedy and sucked the last drop of blood from the Indian people. Starting in India as a trading company (for spices) they converted India as the most coveted jewel on an empire over which the sun wouldn't set. Alas, that empire also had its end.
Some parallels may be drawn from what drove the Americans to dump tea in the Boston harbor in times past.
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