The Salt Satyagraha...

 On this day 12th march 1930, nearly 93 years before a man marched from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi. He with his 77 followers walked nearly 240 miles to break the salt tax by the British government. This march created a huge problem on the ruling of British in India. Even this march was the first spark for Indian Independence movement. The march is known as Dandi march. And the man is Mahatma Gandhi.

When Britishers added tax on salt, Indians faced a huge problem as the rate of the tax was very high and salt was a mandatory thing needed in day to day life. So Gandhi decided to march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi and make salt from seawater to give to the Indians.

The march was called as Satyagraha. The word Satyagraha is a synthesis of sanskrit words 'satya' means truth and 'agraha' means insistence on something, thus the name Satyagraha. Since Gandhi followed non-violence it was an act of non-violent civil disobedience in colonial India.

This act of Mahatma Gandhi spread far wide and many Indians started following him. Thus the Indian Independence movement started. Gandhiji's passive resistance was one of the strongest reasons for Indian Independence.

As a memorial of this act, The National Salt Satyagraha Memorial, a memorial museum dedicated to the event was opened in Dandi on 30th January 2019.

Remembering the great leader, father of our nation and his great movement towards Indian Independence. Jai Hind.