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May 10, 2024 · On the morning of April 6, Gandhi and his followers picked up handfuls of salt along the shore, thus technically “producing” salt and breaking the law. Sculpture in New Delhi, India, depicting Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi leading the 1930 Salt March.
- Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Gandhi-Irwin Pact, agreement signed on March 5, 1931,...
- Round Table Conference
The first session (Nov. 12, 1930–Jan. 19, 1931) had 73...
- Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Mahatma Gandhi and 78 others. The Salt march, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March, and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India, led by Mahatma Gandhi. The 24-day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the ...
Jun 10, 2010 · JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images. The Salt March, which took place from March to April 1930 in India, was an act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest British rule in India....
Aug 19, 2021 · Thus, the idea of the Salt March began to take place. In 1930, Gandhi and 79 of his followers left Sabarmati Ashram to walk through Gujarat to the coastal town of Dandi with the intention of producing salt. [9] During the 24 days of the march he spoke to thousands of people and led prayers, convincing many more to join the trail.
Mar 12, 2015 · In March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi and his followers set off on a brisk 241-mile march to the Arabian Sea town of Dandi to lay Indian claim to the nation's own salt. By: Evan...
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Aug 4, 2018 · On March 12, 1930, a group of Indian independence protesters began to march from Ahmedabad, India to the sea coast at Dandi some 390 kilometers (240 miles) away. They were led by Mohandas Gandhi, also known as the Mahatma, and intended to illegally produce their own salt from the seawater.
Gandhi and an initial band of followers set out from his ashram in Ahmedabad on 12 March 1930, with the designated end-point being the coastal town of Dandi, over 240 miles away. It would mean covering around 12 miles a day on foot, with the sprighty, 61-year-old Gandhi an instantly iconic figurehead with his stick and plain white robes.
