Prelims · 2 Modern India · 2.13 Towards Purna Swaraj 1923–1939

2.13.4 Civil Disobedience: the Dandi march and salt satyagraha

Gandhi's march to Dandi and his breach of the salt law on 6 April 1930 opened the Civil Disobedience Movement, the widest mass struggle since 1920, which spread to tax, forest and cloth boycotts across India.

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Key terms

  • Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Dandi march
  • Eleven Demands
  • salt law
  • Dharasana
  • Peshawar
  • Vedaranyam
  • Rani Gaidinliu
  • Khudai Khidmatgar

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