The movement encouraged the boycott of British goods and the use of Indian-made goods in response to Lord Curzon's partition of Bengal.

Gandhi led the 24-day march in 1930 to protest the British salt tax, a pivotal moment in the independence movement.

Pakistan conducted nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, in response to India's nuclear tests earlier that month.

Gandhi marched to the sea to produce salt from seawater, defying the British law that made salt production a government monopoly.

Viceroy Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal into East and West for administrative reasons, which sparked massive nationalist protests.

Student-led demonstrations in Beijing were forcibly suppressed by the Chinese military on June 4, 1989.

Students gathered in Beijing to protest the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred German concessions in Shandong to Japan instead of returning them to China.

Due to widespread protests, the partition of Bengal was annulled by King George V at the Delhi Durbar in 1911.

Gandhi marched 240 miles to the sea to make his own salt, defying the British law that made it illegal for Indians to collect or sell salt.

Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal for administrative efficiency (and divide-and-rule tactics), creating a Muslim-majority East and Hindu-majority West, sparking massive protests.