Salt March
March 12 – April 6, 1930 · Dandi, Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad
24-day nonviolent march led by Mahatma Gandhi from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, 12 March - 6 April 1930, defying the British salt monopoly. Centrepiece of the Civil Disobedience Movement and a landmark of the independence struggle.
Key people
Mahatma Gandhi
led the march · Indian independence movement
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Viceroy of India, negotiated the Gandhi-Irwin Pact ending the Civil Disobedience campaign · British Raj
Sarojini Naidu
participant, led the Dharasana Satyagraha after Gandhi's arrest · Indian independence movement
Participants
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British Raj
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Indian National Congress
Indian independence movement
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