Historical Background of Dandi March

Historical Background of Dandi March

The movement was begun with Gandhi and his 78 followers but thousands joined at the end. The disciplined march faced the brutality of the British government, covered by international media. The march is also known as the Salt March, the Salt Satyagraha, and the Civil Disobedience Movement. Every section of the society followed the call of Gandhi whether it was students, women, Muslims, and merchants....

Calcutta Session

The Nehru Report was almost accepted by the Indian leaders in 1928 however the more youthful leaders like Jawahar Lal Nehru, S. C Bose, and Satyamurthy expressed their dissatisfaction with the dominion status aim of congress. Instead, they demanded that congress adopt Purna Swaraj as the goal. As a compromise, congress decided that if the government did not accept a constitution based on dominion status by the end of the year, Congress might now no longer only call for complete independence however might additionally launch a civil disobedience movement to gain its goal....

Lahore Congress Session

In the Lahore session, Jawahar Lal Nehru was elected as the president and passed the historic ‘Purna Swaraj’ – (total independence) resolution on 19 December 1929. In this session, INC took some major decisions i.e. to boycott the round table conference, complete independence as the goal of Congress, the launch of civil disobedience under M.K. Gandhi, etc...

Gandhi’s Eleven Demands

An ultimatum to accept or reject Gandhi’s eleven demands which were given to the British government came to end on January 31, 1930. The demands were;...

Salt Tax  & Letter To Viceroy

In 1835, a Salt Commission was appointed to study the coverage of the authorities in admiration of the salt tax. To enable the sale of imported English salt from Liverpool to India, the whites supported that Indian salt should be taxed. Consequently, the sale price increased. Subsequently, the Salt Act established state control over the production of salt and its violation was punished with the seizure of salt and six months Jail. The British government had put salt under tax means people had to pay tax on the use of salt, also the government had a monopoly on making salt. Gandhi said that salt is the most necessary thing after water and air and by taxing government can reach the lower section of the society....

Impact of the Dandi March

At the end of March Gandhi picked up some grains of salt from the seashore and took a pledge, “With this (salt), l am shaking the foundations of the Empire“. On March 12, 1930, when the march was begun it marked the inaugural of the Civil disobedience Movement....