Gandhiji’s Salt (Dandi) March:
The British government did not abolish the tax on salt as demanded by Gandhiji. On 12th March 1930, Gandhiji, along with his 78 fellow satyagrahis, left for Dandi to break the salt law. The march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, a sea – coast village in Gujarat, was about 200 miles long. Gandhiji reached Dandi on 6th April 1930.
They prepared salt by boiling sea water and broke the salt law. While breaking the salt law, Gandhiji said. “A satyagrahi is not defeated unless he gives up truth.” After this, people made salt from sea water at all the places where salt was made from sea-water. This movement intensified in Katakpur and Balasore.
