explain dandi march
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Dandi march was a 24th day ,240mile March to produce salt without paying the tax. it is also known as Salt Satyagraha late by Gandhi from his Sabarmati Ashram to the sea cost near Dandi .
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Dandi March or Salt March is also referred to as the Dandi Satyagraha. The Salt March was a The 24-day march, which was non-violent in nature, is historically significant as it led to the mass Civil Disobedience Movement. The place Gandhiji selected as the site for his symbolic breaking of the provisions of the hated Salt Tax, was Dandi, a seaside village in Gujarat. He decided to march the full distance of 241 miles, from his Sabarmati Ashram at Ahmedabad, with a select band of co-workers. On the way thousands more people joined the march. The Dandi March resulted in the arrest of nearly 60,000 people, including Gandhi himself. But the movement continued. It gained more supporters and began to spread. Gandhi's plan was to begin civil disobedience with a satyagraha aimed at the British salt tax. The 1882 Salt Act gave the British a monopoly on the collection and manufacture of salt, limiting its handling to government salt depots and levying a salt tax. Violation of the Salt Act was a criminal offence. The Salt March was an act of civil disobedience led by Gandhi to protest British rule in India. The Indian independence movement gained momentum as more followers joined the movement.