History • Modern IndiaEasy
In which coastal town of Gujarat did Mahatma Gandhi launch the historic Salt Satyagraha (Dandi March) in March 1930 to defy the unjust British salt laws?
A. Porbandar
B. Sabarmati Ashram (Ahmedabad)✓ Correct Answer
C. Dandi
D. Mandvi
💡 Solution & Explanation
Mahatma Gandhi initiated the historic Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on March 12, 1930, accompanied by seventy-eight chosen satyagrahis. The march spanned two hundred and forty miles to the coastal village of Dandi, where he formally broke the British salt monopoly on April 6, 1930. This mass civil disobedience campaign became a watershed moment in the Indian national movement.
More History Modern India questions
- The 'Butler Committee', appointed by the British government in 1927, was primarily tasked with investigating:
- Who among the following established the 'Bharat Naujawan Sabha' in Punjab in 1926 to foster a revolutionary…
- The famous slogan 'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it' was famously proclaimed by which nationalist…
- Consider the following pairs of prominent anti-colonial freedom fighters from Tamil Nadu and their respective…
- Who among the following British Governors-General introduced the policy of 'Doctrine of Lapse', through which…