Hello !!! This PowerPoint Presentation will tell you about the National Movement - "Salt March" or "Dandi March". This movement was lead by Mahatama Gandhi. It was started when Britisher raised tax on salt and forced Indians to purchase salt form them only.

1. INDIAN AWAKENING
@
Salt Satyagraha Movement -
Dandi march
PRESENTATION BY:-
CHIRAJAY AGGARWAL
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2. Salt Satyagraha Movement -
Dandi march

3. TABLE OF CONTENTS :-
• Why Salt SatyagrahaMovement -Dandi march, started ?
• Salt Satyagraha Movement -Dandi march
• Immediate cause
• Salt march: Aftermath
• Routeof Dandi march and leaders
• Leaders Description
 MahatmaGandhi
 SarojiniNaidu
• Conclusion

4. Why Salt Satyagraha Movement -Dandi
march, started ?
Britain’s Salt Acts prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a
staple in the Indian diet. Citizens wereforcedtobuythe vital
mineral from the British, who, in addition to exercising a monopoly
over the manufacture and sale of salt, also exerted a heavy salt tax.
Although India’s poorsuffered most underthe tax, Indians required
salt. Defying the Salt Acts, Mohandas Gandhi reasoned, would be
an ingeniously simple way for many Indians to break a British law
non-violently. Gandhi declaredresistance to British salt policies to
bethe unifying theme for his newcampaign of “satyagraha,” or
mass civil disobedience.

5. Salt Satyagraha Movement -Dandi
march
TheDandi March,also known as the Salt Satyagraha, began on 12 March1930and was an
important partofthe Indian independence movement and was led by MohandasGandhi. It
was a direct action campaign of salt tax resistance.
On12 March1930, Gandhi and 78satyagrahis,set out onfoot for the coastal village of
Dandi, Gujarat, over390 kilometres from their starting point at Sabarmati Ashram. Gandhi
and the others continued and madea 24-day marchto Dandi toproduce salt without paying
the tax, growing numbers of Indians joined them along the way.

6. Immediate cause
However, Gandhi was arrestedon themidnight of4–5 May1930. The Dandi March and
the ensuing Dharasana Satyagraha drew worldwide attention to the Indian independence
movement through extensive newspaper and newsreel coverage.The satyagraha against the
salt tax continued for almost a year, ending with Gandhi's release from jail.
When Gandhi broke the salt laws at 6:30 am on 6 April 1930, it
sparked largescale acts of civil disobedience against the British
Raj salt laws by millions of Indians.The campaign had a significant
effect on changing world and British attitudes towards Indian
sovereignty and self-rule and caused large numbers of Indians to join
the fight for the first time.

7. Salt march: Aftermath
In January 1931, Gandhi was released from prison. He later met
with Lord Irwin (1881-1959), the viceroy ofIndia, and agreedto
call off the satyagraha in exchangefor an equal negotiating role at
a London conference on India’s future. In August of that year,
Gandhi traveled to the conference as the sole representative of
the nationalist Indian National Congress. The meeting was a
disappointment, but British leaders had acknowledged Gandhi as
a force they could not suppress or ignore.

8. Route of Dandi march and leaders

9. PyarelalNayyar, born in
Punjab
Gandhi ji, bornin
Porbandar,Gujarat
Sarojini Naidu, bornin
Hyderabad

10. Leaders Description
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi is veryfamous inIndia as “Bapu” or “Rastrapita”. Thefull nameof
himis Mohandas KaramchandGandhi. He was a great freedom fighter who led India as
a leader of the nationalism against British rule. He was born on 2nd of Octoberin 1869
in Porbandar,Gujarat. He died on30th of Januaryin 1948.M.K. Gandhi was
assassinated by the Hindu activist, Nathuram Godse, who was hanged later as a
punishmentby the governmentof India.
SarojiniNaidu
Sarojini Naiduwas one of the main leaders of India's freedom struggle. She was born on
13thFebruary 1879in Hyderabad. Herfather's namewas Dr. Aghornath Chattopadhyaya
and mother'snamewas Varasundari. Sarojini had interest towards poetry from a veryearly
age. Later on,she was knownas TheNightingale of India'.When India became freein
1947,she was appointed as the Governor of the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh).
She died on2nd March 1949.

11. PyarelalNayyar
He wasthepersonalsecretary ofMahatmaGandhiin his lateryears.His
sisterDr.SushilaNayyarwasthe personal physicianofMahatmaGandhi.
Pyarelalwasactivein the freedomstruggle, in thefootstepsofGandhi. He
participatedin the SaltMarch toDandiin1930.

12. Conclusion
Because of allthese freedom struggle and movements
which were mainly led by Mahatma Gandhi, our
INDIA got INDEPENDENCE on 15th August,1947.

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