How did the Indians react to the British banning the trade of their salt?

Throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, opposition to the British salt policies started to grow into a popular movement that was eventually lead by Mohandas Gandhi. After reading Thoreau in a jail cell in Africa, Gandhi developed his form of non-violent resistance and used his methods to protest the British policies in India. In 1930, Gandhi led a group into Dandi to illegally scrape up sea salt. Gandhi's refusal to obey the oppressive British salt laws sparked a nation wide revolt against the salt tax.