List of religious leaders in 1930

Mohandas Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) - an Indian nationalist, religious leader and moral revolutionary.

William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth (31 October 1864 – 5 December 1945) - a Scottish Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942).

Events

March 2 - Mohandas Gandhi informs British viceroy of India that civil disobedience would begin nine days later.

March 12 - Mohandas Gandhi sets off to a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest the British monopoly on salt - more will join them during the Salt March that ends in April 5.

April 5 - In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.

May 4/May 5 - Mohandas Gandhi is arrested again

December 28 - Mohandas Gandhi leaves for Britain for negotiations

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