Question

Sodium chloride was used an important symbol in our freedom struggle. Mahatma Gandhi and his followers did Dandi march in order to stop the British government from increasing the price of common salt used daily by Indian people.

(g) What values did Mahatma Gandhi and his followers display by doing Dandi march?

Answer 1

• Dandi march is also known as Salt Satyagraha.
• The Salt Satyagraha campaign was based upon Gandhi's principles of non-violent protest called satyagraha, which he loosely translated as "truth-force".
• Literally, it is formed from the Sanskrit words Satya, "truth", and agraha, "insistence".