Describe the main features of the 'Salt March'.
OUTSIDE DELHI - SET 2 2014
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The main features of the ‘Salt March’ were-
- Mahatma Gandhi started the Salt March on 12th March 1930, with 78 of his trusted volunteers.
- The volunteers walked for 24 days, covering about 10 miles a day, from Gandhiji’s ashram in Sabarmati to the coastal town of Dandi.
- Thousands came to hear Gandhiji, who told them that Swaraj meant peacefully defying the British.
- On 6th April, he reached Dandi and violated the law, by manufacturing salt.
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