Question

Explain the Salt March undertaken by Gandhiji.

Answer 1

Answer:

The Salt March, which took place from March to April 1930 in India, was an act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest British rule in India. During the march, thousands of Indians followed Gandhi from his religious retreat near Ahmedabad to the Arabian Sea coast, a distance of some 240 miles.

Answer 2

• Salt Satyagraha was a famous movement in Indian independence struggle led by Mahatma Gandhi.

• The British government imposed many taxes on every need of the people. Even they brought the salt law to impose the tax on the salt. This brought unbearable to the salt makers.

• Gandhiji decided to break the salt laws which brought making salt very expensive for the middle-class people. He wanted to break the laws by manufacturing salt at Dandi, a small village on the Gujarat sea-coast.

• On March 12th, 1930 Gandhiji and his 78 companions began from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi to began the 375 km trek, Which later became famous as Salt March or Uppu Satyagraha.