<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 26 - day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly . It gained worldwide attention which gave impetus to the Indian independence movement and started the nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement . Mahatma Gandhi started this march with 78 of his trusted volunteers . The march was over 240 miles . They walked for 24 days 10 miles a day . </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 26 - day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly . It gained worldwide attention which gave impetus to the Indian independence movement and started the nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement . Mahatma Gandhi started this march with 78 of his trusted volunteers . The march was over 240 miles . They walked for 24 days 10 miles a day . </P>
who organised march on tanjore coast to break salt law in 1930
who organised march on tanjore coast to break salt law in 1930
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi