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INDIA - FREEDOM
STRUGGLE - DANDI MARCH (Salt Satyagraha) |
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Date-wise Events |
- 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.
- April 06, 1930: The salt
march was scheduled to reach Dandi in Gujarat on this day.
Thousands of men, women and children accompanied the
marching column for a few miles and thousands lined the
route and showered flowers, coins, currency notes and
scented water at the satyagrahis. When Mahatma Gandhi broke
the salt laws on this day at Dandi, it gave rise to large
scale acts of civil disobedience against the British Raj
salt laws by millions of Indians for the first time.
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Description |
- This was the most significant organized challenge to
British authority since the Non-cooperation movement of
1920–22.
- It followed the Purna Swaraj declaration of independence
by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930.
- Mahatma Gandhi led the Dandi march from his base,
Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad, to the sea coast near the
village of Dandi in Gujarat.
- As he continued on this 24 day, 240 mile (390 km) march
to produce salt without paying the tax, growing numbers of
Indians joined him along the way.
- Mahatma Gandhi was arrested just days before his planned
satyagraha action at Dharasana.
- The satyagraha against the salt tax continued for almost
a year, and ended with Gandhi's release from jail .
- The whole episode of Salt satyagraha received the
worldwide news coverage, demonstrated the effective use of
civil disobedience as a technique for fighting social and
political injustice.
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