Question

Describe the main features of the ‘Salt March’.

Answer 1

Hint: Salt March or Salt Satyagraha was a widespread movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi against the salt tax by the British Government. On 12 March 1930 he along with a group of people headed towards Dandi to break salt law by producing salt from seawater.

Complete answer:
Mahatma Gandhi sent a letter to Lord Irwin informing him about the salt march that he was going to lead to Dandi. Getting no response from Lord Irwin, Gandhi started the march with his 80 followers.
-All of them were instructed not to resort to any kind of violence during the march.
-Thousands of people join them from Sabarmati ashram to Dandi.
-It took 24 days to complete the march, at the end of each day Gandhi would address people and criticize the government in his speeches.
-Gandhi during the march also talked to foreign writers and reporters to write about the movement, this took the movement to the international forum and world media.
-Sarojini Naidu also joined Gandhi and every day more and more people would join. At the final destination, there were around fifty thousand people.
-Thousands of women also participated in the movement.
-Non-violence became a tool to fight imperialism.

Note: Thousands of people including Mahatma Gandhi and nationalist leaders were arrested after they broke salt law. The British government declared the Congress party as illegal. The movement brought depressed class and women on the forefront.