Today in History: Gandhi begins ‘Salt March’
- Posted on March 12, 2026
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Today in History: Gandhi begins ‘Salt March’

On March 12, 1930, Mohandas Gandhi began his 24-day, 240-mile “Salt March” to the Indian village of Dandi (then called Navsari) as an act of nonviolent civil disobedience to protest the salt tax le…