Published: 15th Mar, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off a symbolic 386-kilometer ‘Dandi march’, following the same route to commemorate the historic salt march.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off a symbolic 386-kilometer ‘Dandi march’, following the same route to commemorate the historic salt march.
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The Dandi March
- Dandi March was a 24-day march from March 12 to April 5, 1930.
- Objective: It was a tax resistance campaign against the British salt monopoly.
- It marked the inauguration of the civil disobedience movement.
- Principle: The march was based on Gandhi’s principle of non-violence or Satyagraha.
- An organized movement: The Dandi march was the most significant organized movement against the British Raj after the non-cooperation movement of the early 1920s.
- Significance: The March is considered truly a turning point in the Indian Independence movement.
- End of movement: In 1931, Mahatma Gandhi was released and met Lord Irwin who wanted to put an end to the civil disobedience movement.
- As a result,the Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed, the civil disobedience movement was halted and Indians were allowed to make salt for domestic use.
- Arrested Indians were also released.
- The Second Round Table Conference was attended by Mahatma Gandhi in London.
Why did Gandhi call for the Dandi March?
- To break the monopoly: The 1882 Salt Act gave the British a monopoly in the manufacture and sale of salt. Even though salt was freely available on the coasts of India, Indians were forced to buy it from the colonizers.
- Symbol of unity: Gandhi saw salt as a symbol of unifying power as it was the most common element among all the individuals.
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