Question

what was the purpose of salt march?

Answer 1

The Salt March, which took place from March to April 1930 in India, was an act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) 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. The march resulted in the arrest of nearly 60,000 people, including Gandhi himself. India finally was granted its independence in 1947.

Answer 2

on march 12 ,1930 gandhi set out from his ashram or religious retreat at sabermanti near hyderabad with several dozen followers on a trek of some 240 miles to the coastal town of dandi to the arabian sea. There gandhi and his supporters were to defy british policy by making salt from water.