Multiple choice

On which day of March 1930 Gandhiji started with a band of chosen volunteers on his famous Dandi March to break the law by manufacturing illegally, but openly, salt from the sea?

  1. 17th

  2. 21th

  3. 12th

  4. 9th

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Gandhiji began the Dandi March on March 12, 1930, starting from Sabarmati Ashram with 78 followers. This 240-mile march to the Arabian Sea was a protest against the British salt tax. The march lasted 24 days, reaching Dandi on April 5, 1930.