Question

Gandhiji started his Dandi March in the year 1930 from Sabarmati Ashram

• A. to oppose the British Rule in general
• B. to show his mass strength
• C. to break the salt law
• D. to protest against the Simon commission

Hint:

The Dandi March = Salt March = protest against British salt laws. It was a key event in the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

The Dandi March, also known as the Salt March, was a non-violent protest led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930.
He walked about 240 miles from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, a coastal village in Gujarat, to make salt from seawater, thereby breaking the British monopoly on salt production and sales.
The British had imposed a law that Indians could not make or sell salt, and everyone had to buy it from the British government with heavy taxes. Gandhi saw this as unfair and used salt—a common necessity—as a symbol of resistance. Other options:
- Option A: The march was against a specific law, not general rule.
- Option B: It was not about showing strength, but about civil disobedience.
- Option D: The Simon Commission protest happened earlier (in 1928).