Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi a.k.a Mahatma Gandhi was one of the major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement.

He was the pioneer of satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience.

This photo was published on the cover of Time Magazine, March 31 1930.

It was around the time When Mahatma Gandhi began his "Salt Satyagraha", which was a campaign of non-violent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India.

The satyagraha against the salt tax continued for almost a year, ending with Gandhi's release from jail and negotiations with Viceroy Lord Irwin at the Second Round Table Conference.

Over 80,000 Indians were jailed as a result of the Salt Satyagraha.

The campaign had a significant effect on changing world and British attitudes toward Indian independence, and caused large numbers of Indians to actively join the fight for the first time.