Salt March

E13503

civil disobedience campaign event in the Indian independence movement nonviolent protest

The Salt March was a 1930 nonviolent protest led by Mahatma Gandhi against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, which became a pivotal act of civil disobedience in the Indian independence movement.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Salt March canonical	20
Salt Satyagraha	8
Dandi March	3
Sabarmati Ashram–Dandi route	1
Salt March (through exhibits)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil disobedience campaign ⓘ event in the Indian independence movement ⓘ nonviolent protest ⓘ
aim	challenge to British authority ⓘ repeal of salt tax ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Salt March ⓘ surface form: Dandi March Salt March ⓘ surface form: Salt Satyagraha
cause	British salt monopoly ⓘ surface form: British colonial salt laws economic exploitation by British Raj ⓘ
colonialPowerOpposed	British Empire ⓘ
commemoratedOn	National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
distanceTraveled	about 390 kilometers ⓘ
endDate	1930-04-06 ⓘ
follows	Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ
hasEffectOn	delegitimization of British rule in India ⓘ rise of mass participation in Indian nationalism ⓘ strengthening of Gandhi’s leadership ⓘ
ideology	Gandhian nonviolence ⓘ
initialParticipants	78 followers of Gandhi ⓘ
leader	Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
location	Dandi ⓘ Gujarat ⓘ Sabarmati Ashram ⓘ
mainEvent	Gandhi making salt from seawater at Dandi ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive international press coverage ⓘ
method	civil disobedience ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ
movement	Satyagraha ⓘ
numberOfParticipants	thousands of Indians ⓘ
opposedTo	British salt monopoly ⓘ salt tax in British India ⓘ
organizedBy	Indian National Congress ⓘ
partOf	Indian independence movement ⓘ
politicalContext	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj
precedes	Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ surface form: Civil Disobedience Movement (1930–1934)
result	international attention to Indian independence movement ⓘ mass civil disobedience against salt laws across India ⓘ widespread arrests of Indian leaders ⓘ
significance	iconic example of nonviolent protest in world history ⓘ turning point in Indian struggle for independence ⓘ
startDate	1930-03-12 ⓘ
year	1930 ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Civil Disobedience Movement → triggerEvent → Salt March ⓘ

Civil Disobedience Movement → alsoKnownAs → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salt Satyagraha

Civil Disobedience Movement → notableEvent → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dandi March

Civil Disobedience Movement → relatedTo → Salt March ⓘ

Indian independence movement → significantEvent → Salt March ⓘ

Satyagraha → usedIn → Salt March ⓘ

Salt March → alsoKnownAs → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dandi March

Salt March → alsoKnownAs → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salt Satyagraha

Gandhi–Irwin Pact → relatedEvent → Salt March ⓘ

Sarojini Naidu → participatedIn → Salt March ⓘ

Mahadev Desai → wroteAbout → Salt March ⓘ

Rajendra Prasad → participatedIn → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salt Satyagraha

Indian National Congress movement → significantEvent → Salt March ⓘ

J. B. Kripalani → participatedIn → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salt Satyagraha

British salt monopoly → causeOf → Salt March ⓘ

British salt monopoly → notableEvent → Salt March ⓘ

British salt monopoly → challengedBy → Salt March ⓘ

National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi → commemorates → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dandi March

National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi → namedAfter → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salt Satyagraha

National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi → associatedWith → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sabarmati Ashram–Dandi route

Dandi → historicalEvent → Salt March ⓘ

Dandi → movementAssociated → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salt Satyagraha

Nightingale of India → participatedIn → Salt March ⓘ

subject surface form: Sarojini Naidu

Lal Bahadur Shastri → participatedIn → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salt Satyagraha

Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai → associatedWithEvent → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salt March (through exhibits)

Gandhi → depictsEvent → Salt March ⓘ

statue of Mahatma Gandhi → symbolizes → Salt March ⓘ

statue of Mahatma Gandhi → associatedWithEvent → Salt March ⓘ

Gujarat is considered a valuable and prominent state in Western India → hasHistoricalEvent → Salt March ⓘ

subject surface form: Gujarat

Lahore Session of 1929 → preceded → Salt March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salt Satyagraha

Salt Act → notableEvent → Salt March ⓘ

Salt Act → challengedBy → Salt March ⓘ