Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the celebration of 75 years of independence, in Ahmedabad and flagged off a symbolic ‘Dandi March’.
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The padyatra or foot march started from Sabarmati Ashram to commemorate the 91st anniversary of Gandhi’s historic ‘Salt Satyagrah’.
The 24-day march from March 12 to April 5, 1930 was a tax resistance campaign against the British salt monopoly.
The march marked the inauguration of the civil disobedience movement.
Gandhi reached Dandi on April 5. The following day, early morning he proceeded along with the other marchers to the sea, where he picked up lumps of natural salt lying in a small pit.
The following month Gandhi proceeded to Dharasana salt works from where he was arrested and taken to the Yerawada Central Jail.
