<P> The Salt March , also known as the Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha , was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to produce salt from the seawater in the coastal village of Dandi ( now in Gujarat ) , as was the practice of the local populace until British officials introduced taxation on salt production , deemed their sea - salt reclamation activities illegal , and then repeatedly used force to stop it . The 24 - day march began from 12 March 1930 and continued until 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly , and it gained worldwide attention which gave impetus to the Indian independence movement and started the nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement . </P>
<P> The Salt March , also known as the Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha , was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to produce salt from the seawater in the coastal village of Dandi ( now in Gujarat ) , as was the practice of the local populace until British officials introduced taxation on salt production , deemed their sea - salt reclamation activities illegal , and then repeatedly used force to stop it . The 24 - day march began from 12 March 1930 and continued until 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly , and it gained worldwide attention which gave impetus to the Indian independence movement and started the nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement . </P>
where did the civil disobedience movement started in india
where did the civil disobedience movement started in india
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