Question

write a short note on the dandi march by gandhiji

Answer 1

(i) Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Dandi March along with his 78 trusted volunteers.
(ii) The march was about 240 miles.
(iii) It started from Gandhi's ashram in Sabarmati to Gujarat's coastal town of Dandi.
(iv) The volunteers walked for 24 days, about 10 miles a day.
(v) Thousands came to hear Gandhiji, wherever he stopped.
(vi) On 6th April, he reached Dandi and violated the salt law by manufacturing salt, by boiling sea water.

Answer 2

Dandi March was launched by Gandhiji. Gandhiji and his followers marched for over 240miles from Sabarmati to the coastal town to Dandi where they broke the government law by gathering natural salt found on the sea shore, and boiling sea water to produce salt