1. the march began civilly with speeches by gandhi and other leaders, who pledged to fast from eating products made with slt for 90 days 2. the march was against the civil laws enforced by the britih government in the salt colony of india, a holy land for gandhi and his followers. 3. angered by the indian governments monopoly on salt, gandhi's followers set fire to the country's salt mines 4. the march, which began as a nonviolent protest, soon became a brutally violent rally in which thousands were arrested.