INDIAN HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Dandi March Started from ____ in 1930.
A
Surat
B
Sabarmati Ashram
C
Delhi Durbar Hall
D
Vedaranyan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -➢ Salt Satyagraha March started on 12th March 1930 from Sabarmati Ashram and reached Dandi after 24 days on 6th April 1930.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 12 March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi March. This was a nearly 385 km march from his Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to Dandi, a coastal town in Gujarat. He inaugurated the Civil Disobedience Movement by picking up a handful of salt in Dandi.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 12 March 1930, Gandhi and 80 satyagrahis, set out on foot for the coastal village of Dandi, Gujarat, over 390 kilometers (240 mi) from their starting point at Sabarmati Ashram. The first day’s march of 21 kilometers ended in the village of Aslali, where Gandhi spoke to a crowd of about 4, 000.

Detailed explanation-4: -When Gandhi broke the British Raj salt laws at 8:30 am on 6 April 1930, it sparked large scale acts of civil disobedience against the salt laws by millions of Indians. Gandhi leading his followers on the famous Salt March to abolish the British Salt Laws.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gandhi Begins Salt March Then, on March 12, 1930, Gandhi set out from his ashram, or religious retreat, at Sabermanti near Ahmedabad, with several dozen followers on a trek of some 240 miles to the coastal town of Dandi on the Arabian Sea.

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