The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha or Dandi March, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi. The 24-day march ran from 12 March to 6 April 1930 as a campaign of tax resistance against the British salt monopoly, meant to give the Civil Disobedience Movement a strong start. Gandhi began the 387 kilometre march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi with 78 trusted volunteers, and growing numbers of Indians joined along the way. When Gandhi broke the British salt laws at 8:30 in the morning on 6 April 1930, it set off large scale civil disobedience against the salt laws by millions of Indians.
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LocationFrom Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat, India (387 kilometres / 240 miles) 1 Connections
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Wikimedia FoundationLead section, sentence naming the march's dates
The 24-day march (padayatra) lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly.
Lead section, sentence naming the march's year
The 24-day march (padayatra) lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly.
Lead section, sentence naming the march route
The march spanned 387 kilometres (240 mi), from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, which was called Navsari at that time (now in the state of Gujarat).
Salt March: Event Type
The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha or Dandi March, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi.
In Era: The Late Modern Period, lead paragraph and infobox, dates
The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March, and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial Indi
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