INDIA - FREEDOM STRUGGLE DANDI MARCH (Salt Satyagraha) March 12, 1930:   It began on this day, as a march on foot by Mahatma Gandhi along with about 80 non-violent volunteers. It was a 240 mile long protest journey (from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi) to defy the British law relating to their monopoly in producing salt.  It was undertaken as a part of the first phase of civil disobedience movement from March 12, 1930 to March 05, 1931.