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Before starting the salt march, Gandhi sent a letter with demands to:
ALord Curzon
BLord Mountbatten
CLord Dalhousie
DViceroy Irwin
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Viceroy Irwin
1. On 31 January 1930 Gandhi wrote to the Viceroy, Lord Irwin.
2. The letter was in effect an ultimatum with a deadline of 11 March.
3. When Irwin would not negotiate, the salt march began.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 History, 'Nationalism in India' (jess302)_
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