Eighty-five years ago, on March 12, Mohandas Gandhi set out with 80 followers from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad to Dandi village in coastal Gujarat to produce salt as a show of protest against ...

The date was March 12, 1930. Gandhi and his troops walked for 25 days and 241 miles to the Arabian Sea to defy the unjust British law that prohibited the collection of salt in its colony.

Gandhi began his Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram. With this act, the Civil Disobedience Movement was launched. In today's 'Knowledge Nugget', look at the important facts on Dandi March from UPSC ...

The historic tree may have slipped from national memory, but stands tall as a witness to Mahatma Gandhi’s prayer meetings and ...

TOI Correspondent from London: A garland which Gandhi wore on his 1930 Salt March failed to attract any buyers at an auction in London on Wednesday. The garland and a photo of Gandhi being ...

The march culminated as Gandhi led nonviolent protesters to the doors of the salt factory in Dharasana, where they attempted to push their way into the facility without weapons or raised fists. On ...

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Gandhi and Sarojini Maidu, an important Indian political activist, lead the Salt March In 1930, Gandhi led a major protest, know as the Salt March. The British had been taxing salt in India for ...

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting posted a video showing archived pictures from Mahatma Gandhi's salt march. "On this day, in 1930, Mahatma Gandhi began the historic Dandi ...