Civil Disobedience Movement 1930 Dandi March

• The Civil Disobedience movement was carefully planned over several months
• Several articles in Young India and other newspapers were used to secure public support
• Congress worked tirelessly to secure public support for the movement
• At Dandi beach, Gandhi symbolically broke the Salt Act
• The movement was masterminded by Gandhi
• The movement began with a march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi beach
• The Civil Disobedience Movement was carefully planned over several months and masterminded by Gandhi
• Several articles in Young India and other newspapers and the Congress worked tirelessly to secure public support
• The Movement began with a march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi beach where Gandhi symbolically broke the Salt Act on 6 April 1930
• Gandhi and 78 followers left the ashram on 12 March 1930 and marched through villages for the next 20 odd days, collecting supporters along the way
• American journalist Webb Miller championed Gandhi’s cause in the international media
• Gandhi's action at Dandi beach signaled the start of the Civil Disobedience Movement
• In Tamil Nadu, C. Rajagopalachari led a salt march to the Tanjore coast, breaking the Salt Law
• In Calcutta, the mayor J.M. Sengupta broke the Law of Sedition by reading seditious literature publicly
• Anti-liquor campaigns and boycott of foreign goods accompanied the movement
• In the Central and Bombay provinces, people defied Forest Laws by cutting down timber
• In Gujarat, ‘No Tax’ campaigns were conducted
• Congress workers in Delhi distributed free salt on the streets
• In the North West Frontier Province, Khan Abdul Jaffar Khan led the Khudai Khidmatgars in spreading Civil Disobedience
• The raid on the Dharasena Government Salt Works on 21 May 1930 was a significant event of the Civil Disobedience Movement
• Civil Disobedience Movement saw widescale participation of women in picketing liquor shops, opium dens, and foreign cloth shops
• Prabhat Pheris, where satyagrahis sang devotional and patriotic songs, became popular
• Patrikas and Magic Lanterns were used to spread information
• Across India, there were strikes by mill workers, dock and railway workers, public meetings, marches, and illegal publication of anti-British material
• Children formed Manzar Senas and Monkey Brigades to carry messages between national leaders