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Gandhi's Dandi March from the Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi in 1930 covered a distance of approximately:
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Answer: Option D — 240 miles (about 385 km)
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Gandhi's Dandi March, from the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to the coastal village of Dandi, covered a distance of approximately 240 miles (about 385 km).
NCERT on the Dandi March:
- NCERT notes that the march was over 240 miles, from Gandhiji's ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi.
- The volunteers walked for 24 days, about 10 miles a day.
- Wherever they stopped, thousands came to hear Mahatma Gandhi, and he told them what he meant by swaraj and urged them to peacefully defy the British.
About the march:
- Gandhi was accompanied by a band of satyagrahis from different parts of India and different communities.
- They walked through about 48 villages, in the districts of Ahmedabad, Kheda, Bharuch and Surat.
- At every halt, Gandhi addressed meetings and spoke about the injustice of the salt tax, the need for Hindu-Muslim unity, the removal of untouchability and the use of khadi.
- Many village officials (patels and talatis) resigned their posts in response to his call.
- The march attracted great attention in India and in the world press.
After breaking the salt law:
- People all over India began making salt illegally, and selling it.
- Women joined the movement in large numbers.
- Foreign cloth was boycotted and liquor shops were picketed.
Commemoration:
- In 2005, on the 75th anniversary, a re-enactment of the march was organised.
- The route of the Dandi March is now marked as a heritage path.
- Good to know
- 100 miles, 500 miles and 60 miles are not the distance of the Dandi March.
Quick tip
Remember: Dandi March = about 240 miles (385 km), 24 days, about 10 miles a day (NCERT); from Sabarmati to Dandi.
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This topic covers the freedom struggle from Gandhi's return to India in 1915 to independence in 1947: the Champaran, Kheda and Ahmedabad movements, the Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh, the Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and Quit India movements, the Round Table Conferences, the Cripps Mission, the Cabinet Mission and the partition of India. Most questions ask about the year, cause or result of a movement, or the event that ended it. For example, the Chauri Chaura incident (1922) led Gandhi to call off the Non-Cooperation Movement, and the Dandi March (1930) started the Civil Disobedience Movement. Learning these events on a timeline is the best way to avoid confusion. Practise the Gandhian era questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.