Leader
Mahatma Gandhi
60 yrs at this event
Leader
60 yrs at event
Mahatma Gandhi
Leader of the Indian independence movement and apostle of non-violence.
Salt March (Dandi March)(1930)
Gandhi's 240-mile march to break the British salt law.
What you need to know
- Gandhi marched 240 miles to Dandi
- Broke the British salt law
- Launched the Civil Disobedience Movement
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Breaking the Salt Law
p>The Salt March of March–April 1930 was a defining act of Gandhi's Civil Disobedience Movement. Gandhi and a band of followers walked some 240 miles from the Sabarmati Ashram to the coastal village of Dandi, where on 6 April he broke the British salt monopoly by making salt from seawater.</p><p>The symbolic act inspired mass law-breaking across India and drew worldwide attention to the freedom struggle.</p>
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- gandhi, salt-march, dandi, satyagraha
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