Dandi

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Dandi is a coastal village in Gujarat, India, historically renowned as the endpoint of Mahatma Gandhi’s 1930 Salt March, a pivotal act of civil disobedience in the Indian independence movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
village
administrativeDivision Navsari district
continent Asia
country India
governingCountry India
surface form: Republic of India
hasClimate tropical savanna climate
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates
hasEconomicActivity fishing
salt-related tourism
hasEventType civil disobedience movement site
hasGeographicalFeature beach
coastline
hasHeritageDesignation site of national importance (India)
hasMemorial National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi
surface form: National Salt Satyagraha Memorial
hasMonument National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi
surface form: Salt Satyagraha Memorial
hasNearbyWaterBody Arabian Sea
hasNotablePersonAssociated Indian freedom fighters
Mahatma Gandhi
hasReligiousSite Hindu temples
hasTimezone Indian Standard Time
hasTourismType coastal tourism
historical tourism
hasTransportConnection road connection to Navsari
heritageStatus symbolic site of resistance to British colonial rule
historicalEvent Salt March
inceptionAsHistoricSite 1930
knownFor Salt March endpoint
association with Mahatma Gandhi
role in Indian independence movement
languageSpoken Gujarati
Hindi
locatedIn Gujarat
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Navsari district
locatedInRegion Western India
surface form: western India
locatedNear Navsari
Surat
locatedOn Arabian Sea
movementAssociated Indian independence movement
Salt March
surface form: Salt Satyagraha
partOf Gujarat NERFINISHED
India
Navsari district
postalCountry India
state Gujarat NERFINISHED
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