The March to Dandi


 
 
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The March to Dandi

The March to Dandi:The Salt March, which took place from March to April 1930 in India, was an act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest British rule in India. During the march, thousands of Indians followed Gandhi from his religious retreat near Ahmedabad to the Arabian Sea coast, a distance of some 240 miles

  • Purna Swaraj would never come on its own. It had to be fought for. In 1930, Gandhiji declared that he would lead a march to break the salt law. According to this law, the state had a monopoly on the manufacture and sale of salt. Mahatma Gandhi along with other nationalists reasoned that it was sinful to tax salt since it is such an essential item of our food.
  • The Salt March related the general shared by everybody, and thus did not divide the rich and the poor. Gandhi Ji and his followers marched for over 240 miles from Sabarmati to the coastal town of Dandi where they broke the government law by gathering natural salt found on the seashore, and boiling sea water to produce salt.
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    Question : 1

    Dandi yatra was undertaken by Gandhiji __________________________-

    Right Option : A
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    Question : 2

    Gandhiji started the historic Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi and broke salt law on __________________

    Right Option : D
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    Question : 3

    Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists :

    List - I (Events)List - II ( Results)
    A.  Morley - Minto Reforms1. Country - wide agitation
    B.  Simon Commission2. Withdrawal of a movement
    C.  The Chauri - Chaura incident3. Communal electorates
    D.  The Dandi March4. Communal outbreaks
     5. Illegal manufacture of salt

     

    Right Option : D
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