Answer: Gandhi was relating to the mud salt he was holding during the famous salt march. The importance of the salt march to the protest movement was that it exemplified the depth of colonial laws and their effects on Indian society. while other nationalists had been skeptical of the salt march, its importance to the nationalist movement cannot be underestimated, mainly due to its non-confrontational nature.
Superior military, fertile land, diverse population, being a center of trade, and geographical protection from invasion.
They had fertile soil for growing wheat, thus making bread their main export. So they were nicknamed as the “Breadbasket colonies”
