Salt March

The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March, was a campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi against the British salt tax in India. Gandhi and a group of followers walked for about twenty-four days from his ashram near Ahmedabad to the coastal village of Dandi, where he picked up a lump of natural salt to break the law that gave the colonial government a monopoly on its production. The act inspired millions of Indians to make their own salt and to join protests across the country, and tens of thousands were arrested, including Gandhi. The march drew world attention to the independence movement and was a model for later nonviolent campaigns.

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