The Salt March of Bengal: Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi in the East

In this episode, we trace the little-known but pivotal Salt Satyagraha in Bengal, a chapter of India's freedom struggle that often gets overshadowed by the better-known Dandi March. We focus on the remarkable figure of Satish Chandra Dasgupta, a lawyer turned revolutionary who led the salt campaign from his ashram in Khulna, now in Bangladesh. We explore how Gandhi's call for nonviolent defiance against the British salt tax resonated in the deltaic landscape of Bengal, where salt was a daily necessity and a symbol of colonial exploitation. The episode also highlights the role of women like Bina Das and Urmila Devi, the brutal police repression, and the surprising alliances formed between urban intellectuals and rural peasants. Through vivid storytelling, we bring to life the marches, the salt-making, the arrests, and the indomitable spirit that made Bengal a crucible of the Civil Disobedience Movement. Join us as we uncover this forgotten front of the Salt Satyagraha and its lasting impact on the region's political consciousness. #SaltSatyagraha #CivilDisobedience #SatishDasgupta #Bengal #Gandhi #BritishRaj #Khulna #BinaDas #SaltMarch #IndianIndependence #Nonviolence #Nationalism #BengalHistory #ColonialIndia #Hooghly #Murshidabad #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo