Describe briefly the Salt March/Dandhi March undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi. What were its importance and effects ?
As the demands were not fulfilled, Gandhiji started march from his ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarat coastal town of Dandi. He was accompanied by his 78 trusted followers. The march continued for 24 days about 10 miles a day. During the march Gandhiji explained to the people, the meaning of swaraj and urged them to defy the British laws. On reaching Dandi on 6 April, he ceremonially violated the salt law, manufacturing salt by boiling sea water. (b) Importance : Manufacturing salt by boiling sea water was the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement. It was different from Non-cooperation Movement of 1920-22 because people were asked not only to refuse cooperation with the British but also to break colonial laws such as Salt Law which was the most oppressive face of the British rule.
