Mahatma Gandhi
Apostle of Non-Violence
The Salt March
The Salt March was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi.
It was a protest against the British salt monopoly, which among other things, forbade Indians from making their own salt.
The march started from Gandhi's ashram at Sabarmati in Gujarat and ended at Dandi on the west coast of India. It was a journey of 390 km.
The twenty-four day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 5 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly.
Once the marchers reached the ocean, they began to make salt on the beaches of the Arabian Sea.
The protesters were assaulted with police batons, arrested, and imprisoned.
The protest helped to bring the plight of the Indian population to world attention and was one of the successful parts of the campaign for Indian Independence.