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In the context of the Civil Disobedience Movement in Haryana, which salt satyagraha center led by local leaders became the focal point for defiance of colonial salt laws in Rohtak district?

A. Bhiwani Salt Depot
B. Rohtak Civil Lines Gathering✓ Correct Answer
C. Mahendragarh Salt Works
D. Hissar Mandi Protest

💡 Solution & Explanation

During the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930, volunteers in Rohtak under the leadership of local Congress committees manufactured contraband salt and organized picketing of foreign cloth shops. Despite being a landlocked region far from the sea, activists symbolized resistance by preparing artificial salt and organizing public defiance marches that faced severe police repression and imprisonment.

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