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Detailed explanation-1: -About The Location: The “National Salt Satyagraha Memorial” or “Dandi Memorial” located in Dandi, Gujarat, India, is designed as an experiential journey that recreates the spirit and energy of Mahatma Gandhi’s 1930 Dandi March.

Detailed explanation-2: -This unique memorial was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, on 30th Jan 2019, and kept open for the public. NSSM is built at a 15-acre plot in Dandi, Gujarat, with Salt crystal inviting visitors to pay respect to Mahatma Gandhi and the Marchers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The year was 1930 Mahatma Gandhi decided to protest British Government’s position of tax on salt. The noble path Mahatma chose was that of non-cooperation. Taking 80 marchers with him, he began 390-kilometer-long walk from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi. Throughout the path, thousands of people came to pay their homage.

Detailed explanation-4: -The National Salt Satyagraha Memorial or Dandi Memorial is a memorial in Dandi, Gujarat, India, that honors the activists and participants of the Salt Satyagraha, an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India which was led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930.