Question

Dandi Yatra was undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi ___________.

• A. To break the salt law
• B. To resolve dispute among Gujarat Mill workers
• C. To press the demand for Poorna Swaraj
• D. To start Satyagraha

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

To break the salt law

On 12th March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated the Civil Disobedience Movement by conducting the historic Dandi Salt March, where he broke the Salt Laws imposed by the British Government. Followed by 79 ashramites, Gandhiji embarked on his march from his Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi that is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea.