To frighten the people, on 10 Dec. 1930 SDM Habibur Rehaman entered Salt from Mohan and set his camp at Marchula. He forfeited all the belongings of Pansingh Patwal at Kota Chami. Policemen also took away 30 goats of the villagers. Out of these they consumed 11 goats. On 16 th Dec SDM reached Devayal to address the malgujars ( revenue collectors) of 14 villages. They said that they are ready to pay the revenue but not the police tax. SDM did not accede to their request and his men looted 144 villages of Salt to get the police tax. Purushottamji was released in 1931, but when he reached Khmaad he was again arrested and he died in Bareli of some infection in throat. The public of Salt resolved to complete the task left by him, which resulted in a movement and in March 1939 Raghubar Dat Upadhyay, Haridar Baidhya, Laxman singh , Baba Haridwar Giri and Laxman Singh adhikari of Kwerala were arrested. In Sept. 1942 SDM Jonson in Khumaad ordered his men to fire at the protestors but they did not obey him and fired only off the target. At this, he himself started firing at the crowd. Two brothers Ganga Ram and Khima Nand were killed at the spot. Chura Mani and Bahadur singh Mehra died after four days.
Gandhiji ne is ghatna ko Kumaaon ki Baradoli kaha tha. In Khummad Saheed Diwas is celebrated on 5th September every year.
