Newspaper Article from THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, April 7th, 1930, MKGandhi.
"I want world sympathy in this battle of right against might".
~ Mahatma Gandhi, Dandi April 5, 1930
Mahatma Gandhi during Dandi March, 1930, MKGandhi.
THE SALT MARCH
Salth March, 1930, Gandhiserve.
The British put a salt tax on the Indians, doubling the salt cost. People could not afford it after the salt tax was enforced. On March 12, 1930, Gandhi, and his 78 followers, started the 240-mile path of the Salt March. They marched through the Indian State of Gujarat, from his ashram at Sabarmati to the town of Dandi. There were many encounters with the British force. Over 100 Indians were killed on the march and over 60,000 were arrested. Non-violence principles restricted the Indians from fighting back, but they stayed true to it. In Dandi at the end of the march, Gandhi was leading a crowd of thousands of people. His plan was to make salt from the sea at each high tide. Despite the police intervening and trying to stop him, this act of civil disobedience spread throughout India, inspiring millions to join in the satyagraha.
"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the
course of history. To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse than starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body."
~ Mahatma Gandhi, 1930
Route of Gandhi's Salt March from Sabarmati to Dandi, n.d., MKGandhi.
Newspaper Article,n.d., Rarenewspaper.
Newspaper Article,1932, Rarenewspaper.