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The Salt march, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March, and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India, led by Mahatma Gandhi. The 24-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 .
The Vedaranyam March (also called the Vedaranyam Satyagraha) was a framework of the nonviolent civil disobedience movement in British India. Modeled on the lines of Dandi March , which was led by Mahatma Gandhi on the western coast of India the month before, it was organised to protest the salt tax imposed by the British Raj in the colonial India.
Civil disobedience movement or the Salt March, protest movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930 Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Non-cooperation movement .
Dharasana Satyagraha was a protest against the British salt tax in colonial India in May 1930. Following the conclusion of the Salt March to Dandi, Mahatma Gandhi chose a non-violent raid of the Dharasana Salt Works in Gujarat as the next protest against British rule.
Mithuben Hormusji Petit (11 April 1892 – 16 July 1973) was an Indian independence activist who participated in Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A pioneer female independence activist, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] she was the Secretary of the Rashtriya Stree Sabha, a women's movement founded on Gandhian ideals.
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March 15 is the "Ides of March," an ominous day synonymous with bad omens throughout history.
In 1930, Rajagopalachari risked imprisonment when he led the Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha in response to the Dandi March. In 1937, Rajagopalachari was elected Prime minister of the Madras Presidency [6] and served until 1940, when he resigned due to Britain's declaration of war on Germany.