On the salt march: the historiography of Gandhi's march to Dandi
- ISBN-10
- 8129113856
- ISBN-13
- 9788129113856
- Category
- Civil disobedience
- Pages
- 666
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Author
- Thomas Weber
Description
This book provides the definitive account of the most celebrated campaign of history's most important nonviolent campaigner.
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- 1997
- 594 pages
- Paperback
- HarperCollins Publishers India
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