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After 1927, he again began campaigning for ''Swaraj''—alternating between jail, political activity, protest through fasting, and ashram life. If Gandhi campaigned wholeheartedly for ''Swaraj'', then he campaigned “wholesouledly” for the eradication of untouchability. “Swaraj is a meaningless term, if we desire to keep a fifth of India under perpetual subjugation and deliberately deny to them the fruits of national culture.”<ref>''Young India'', May 25, 1921.</ref> | After 1927, he again began campaigning for ''Swaraj''—alternating between jail, political activity, protest through fasting, and ashram life. If Gandhi campaigned wholeheartedly for ''Swaraj'', then he campaigned “wholesouledly” for the eradication of untouchability. “Swaraj is a meaningless term, if we desire to keep a fifth of India under perpetual subjugation and deliberately deny to them the fruits of national culture.”<ref>''Young India'', May 25, 1921.</ref> | ||
People of all castes flocked to him, worshiping their Mahatma—yet Gandhi had a horror of idolatry. Once he received a report that a temple had been constructed in his honor. He became incensed and demanded that the idol be removed and the building converted to a spinning center. | People of all castes flocked to him, worshiping their Mahatma—yet Gandhi had a horror of [[idolatry]]. Once he received a report that a temple had been constructed in his honor. He became incensed and demanded that the idol be removed and the building converted to a spinning center. | ||
From March 12 to April 6, 1930, Gandhi led seventy-eight disciples on a 200-mile march to the sea at Dandi to make salt in symbolic protest of British monopoly of salt manufacturing. The populace had learned their lessons and were now model ''Satyagrahis'', delighted at this and every other new means of putting it into action. | From March 12 to April 6, 1930, Gandhi led seventy-eight disciples on a 200-mile march to the sea at Dandi to make salt in symbolic protest of British monopoly of salt manufacturing. The populace had learned their lessons and were now model ''Satyagrahis'', delighted at this and every other new means of putting it into action. | ||