Correct Answer - Option 1 : 12
th March 1930
The correct answer is 12th March 1930.
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On March 12, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi embarked a historic Salt March from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat's Ahmedabad to the village of Dandi in the state's coastal area to protest against the steep tax the British levied on salt.
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The significant march came to be known as Dandi March or Salt March, also referred to as the Dandi Satyagraha.
- The Salt March was a 24-day Salt March, which was non-violent in nature, is historically significant as it led to the mass Civil Disobedience Movement.
- The Salt March began on March 12, 1930, and continued till April 6, 1930.
- During that time, the British had prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt.
- Indians were also forced to buy the staple diet ingredient from the British, who, not only exercised a monopoly over its manufacture and sale but also levied a heavy salt tax.
- The Salt March was a collective beginning of a mass resistance movement against the British tyranny.
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Upon reaching the seashore in Dandi, Mahatma Gandhi broke the law by producing illegal salt.
- This later turned into a mass civil disobedience movement throughout India as millions broke salt laws by either making salt or buying illegal salt.
- The Salt March began with around 80 people, but as more and more people joined in for the 390 km-long journey, it grew into a strong force of 50,000 people.
- Mahatma Gandhi also called Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, born on October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India—died January 30, 1948, Delhi,
- Rabindranath Tagore first time termed Gandhi as 'Mahatma'.
- Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan- " Do or Die".
- He has written a book - My experiments with truth.