GANDHI’S MARCH
DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT
NO INCIDENTS OCCUR.
WEALTHY CALCUTTA MERCHANT’S DONATION.
(Uaited Pre-s Awociatlon-By Cable-Copyrigbt-J
(Received 11, 1.40 p.m.) Delhi, March 12. Gandhi, heading <BO volunteers, left Ahmedabad this morning on his march to the coast to offer civil disobedience to the salt laws. Thousand* of Hindus waited near Gandhi’s settlement all night in expectation of his arrest. The campaigner* left soon after dawn unhindered by police, who merely maintairied order and controlled traffic. No incident* occurred.
It is significant that no Moslem* were present at the demonstration. Gansdhyamadan Bipa, a wealthy Calcutta merchant, has donated £45,000 to the fundi of the disobedient movement
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 73, 13 March 1930, Page 7
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