Question

8.How many volunteers were accompanied with Gandhiji on the Salt March?
78
240
24
87​

Answer 1

Answer :

• 78 Volunteers

Explanation :

• Salt March is also called Dandi March or Salt Satyagraha .
• This was done as a non - violent way to oppose British unjust laws .
• One of the unjust law was imposement of taxes over manufacturing of salt .
• Gandhiji on 12 March 1930 started a march along with his 78 volunteers from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi .
• The march span for 24 days , covering 10 miles each day .
• On 6 April , 1930 , Gandhiji broke the salt law by boiling the sea water .
• Salt March was the first step towards Civil Disobedience Movement .