A police report of April 1930 noted considerable opposition to the police when they tried to seize salt made by boiling sea water. Where did this happen?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Vizagapatam
Option (1) Vizagapatam — Correct. The Madras report records considerable opposition was shown at Vizagapatam when the police tried to seize sea-water salt.
Option (2) Midnapore — Incorrect. Midnapore was a centre of illicit salt making in Bengal, but there most of the salt was confiscated.
Option (3) Jubbalpore — Incorrect. At Jubbalpore Seth Govinddass made chemical salt at a cost far above the market price of clean salt.
Option (4) Jhelum — Incorrect. Jhelum is the Punjab district where officials only expected attempts to break the Salt Law.