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importance of dandi march

Answer 1

It is a known fact that traders of Britain conquered India to get its wealth to their country. The Britishers implemented various ways to loot India and one such way was heavy tax on basic necesity of diet-salt. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi- active freedom fighter, also known as father of the nation, decided to break this unjust law. He marched from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad till coast of Dandi, a major salt producing centre. There he took a fistful of salt and modestly broke the law of salt tax. This began a revolution in youth of opposition and is also called the best agitation after the non cooperation movement of 1920.

Answer 2

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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.