British salt monopoly

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colonial economic policy monopoly

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.

Aliases (1)

British colonial salt laws ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial economic policy → monopoly →
appliesTo	salt → salt export → salt import → salt manufacture → salt trade →
causeOf	Civil Disobedience Movement → 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 → 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	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 → 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 → role in Indian independence struggle → symbolism of colonial oppression →
startTime	19th century →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Salt March ("British colonial salt laws") →	cause
Salt March →	opposedTo