British salt monopoly
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The British salt monopoly was a colonial policy in India that granted the British government exclusive control over the production and sale of salt, heavily taxing this essential commodity and sparking widespread resistance such as Gandhi’s Salt March.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| British colonial salt laws | 1 |
| British salt monopoly canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T563487 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British salt monopoly Context triple: [Salt March, opposedTo, British salt monopoly]
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Royal African Company
The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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B.
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a 1773 British law granting the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies, helping spark colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution.
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C.
Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
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British East India Company
The British East India Company was a powerful English trading corporation that dominated commerce and colonial expansion in India and Asia from the 17th to the 19th century.
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E.
Sugar Act 1764
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British revenue-raising law that tightened customs enforcement and imposed duties on sugar and molasses in the American colonies, contributing to growing colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British salt monopoly Target entity description: The British salt monopoly was a colonial policy in India that granted the British government exclusive control over the production and sale of salt, heavily taxing this essential commodity and sparking widespread resistance such as Gandhi’s Salt March.
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A.
Royal African Company
The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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B.
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a 1773 British law granting the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies, helping spark colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution.
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C.
Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
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D.
British East India Company
The British East India Company was a powerful English trading corporation that dominated commerce and colonial expansion in India and Asia from the 17th to the 19th century.
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E.
Sugar Act 1764
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British revenue-raising law that tightened customs enforcement and imposed duties on sugar and molasses in the American colonies, contributing to growing colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial economic policy
ⓘ
monopoly ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
salt
ⓘ
salt export ⓘ salt import ⓘ salt manufacture ⓘ salt trade ⓘ |
| causeOf |
Civil Disobedience Movement
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Salt March ⓘ boycotts of government salt ⓘ illegal salt manufacture ⓘ salt smuggling ⓘ |
| challengedBy |
Civil Disobedience Movement
ⓘ
Salt March ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTime | 1947 ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
economic burden on Indian population
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exclusive state control over salt distribution ⓘ exclusive state control over salt production ⓘ exclusive state control over salt sale ⓘ growth of anti-colonial sentiment ⓘ high salt taxes ⓘ increased salt prices ⓘ widespread popular resentment ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Government of British India
ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial government in India
|
| implementedIn | British India ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Salt Act
ⓘ
various British salt laws in India ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
salt production
ⓘ
salt taxation ⓘ state monopoly ⓘ |
| motivated | revenue extraction for British colonial administration ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Salt March ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Indian National Congress
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Indian nationalists ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ peasants in British India ⓘ urban poor in British India ⓘ |
| participantIn | Indian independence movement ⓘ |
| partOf |
British colonial economic system in India
ⓘ
British fiscal policy in India ⓘ |
| regulates |
salt distribution
ⓘ
salt pricing ⓘ salt production ⓘ |
| replacedBy | liberalization of salt trade after Indian independence ⓘ |
| significantFor |
mobilization of mass civil disobedience
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role in Indian independence struggle ⓘ symbolism of colonial oppression ⓘ |
| startTime | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: British salt monopoly Description of subject: The British salt monopoly was a colonial policy in India that granted the British government exclusive control over the production and sale of salt, heavily taxing this essential commodity and sparking widespread resistance such as Gandhi’s Salt March.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
British colonial salt laws