why was the Dandi march held and who initiated it?
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One of the most important events in India’s struggle for independence took place when Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement with his famous Dandi March, which began on 12th March 1930 and ended on April 6th, 1930. Dandi March or Salt Satyagraha was a non-violent means of protest led by Mahatma Gandhi which garnered huge public support and worldwide attention. Gandhiji walked from his ashram in Sabarmati in today’s Gujarat to small town of Dandi near coastal Surat to protest against the repressive salt tax imposed by the colonial government. This march covering the distance of roughly 385 km worked as a catalyst for India’s struggle for Independence. The salt Satyagraha (Sanskrit word meaning ‘holding onto truth’) was based on Gandhi’s principle of non-violence. Gandhi believed that non-violent means of protest with the means of ‘soul force’ was the right method to fight political and social injustice. Dandi March demonstrated Gandhi’s experiments with his non-violent means of political action. This kind of political action has been unprecedented in the history of political protest around the world.
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Dandi March was held to break the salt law which was made by the Britishers.
It was initiated by Mahatma Gandhi.
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