Today in History - March 12

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Tuesday, Mar 12 2013 by

1930 – Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the Salt March, to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.

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1968 – Mauritius achieves independence.

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