Self Rule and the Salt March, 1930
•Protest to the British tax on salt
•Gandhi walked from Sabarmati, Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat to get salt (240 miles)
•Many thousands followed him
•March lasts March 12 to April 6, 1930.
•Outcome draws support for the independence movement across India and the World
•Gandhi arrested and put in prison
•Gandhi walked from Sabarmati, Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat to get salt (240 miles)
•Many thousands followed him
•March lasts March 12 to April 6, 1930.
•Outcome draws support for the independence movement across India and the World
•Gandhi arrested and put in prison
Question: Why didn't the outcry of support help prevent Gandhi from being through into jail?
Summary
The salt march was another one of Gandhi's demonstrations for changes without using violence. This march helped gain immense support from around the world to his cause for freedom and change in India.