NEW DELHI: To commemorate the seventy fifth yr of India’s Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off a ‘padyatra’ (foot march) related to the ‘Dandi March’ or ‘Salt Satyagrah’ carried out by the ‘Father of the Nation’ Mahatama Gandhi in 1930 from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
PM Modi will inaugurate the curtain-raiser actions of ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’. This Mahotsav will comprise a sequence of cultural occasions organised by the Government of India.
The ‘padyatra’ to be flagged off by the PM, will likely be undertaken by 81 marchers from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to Dandi in Navsari, and this 241-mile- lengthy journey will finish on fifth April.
Back in 2005, the Congress-led UPA authorities had organised the same march to mark 75 years of the ‘1930 Dandi March’.
A memorial known as the ‘National Salt Satyagraha Memorial’ was inaugurated in 2019 in Dandi, Gujarat to honour the activists and contributors of the Salt Satyagraha and their wrestle for India’s independence.
The 1930 Dandi March was initiated by Mahatma Gandhi as a method of non-violent protest towards the British Regime on salt manufacturing.
Mahatma Gandhi began the 24-day lengthy march on 12 March 1930 and concluded it on April 5 in Dandi. By breaking the British salt legal guidelines, Mahatma Gandhi sparked-off a large-scale ‘Civil Disobedience Movement’ which helped India obtain independence.
It additionally gave impetus to the ‘Indian Independence Movement.
The Salt March was based mostly on one in all Gandhi’s most vital rules of ‘satyagraha’. The Sanskrit origin phrase satyagraha comes from 2 phrases ‘satya’ which means ‘truth’ and ‘agraha’ which means ‘insistence’. Gandhi loosely translated the phrase into English as ‘truth-force’.
For the march, Gandhi needed strict adherence to the rules of satyagraha and ahimsa. For this motive, he recruited the marchers, not from any political social gathering, however from the residents of his personal ashram, who have been totally skilled within the rules of ‘satya’ and ‘ahimsa’.
The salt march grew to become a globally talked about occasion because it demonstrated the efficient use of non-violent means to battle social and political injustices. Gandhiji and the Dandi march had a deep affect on leaders and activists Martin Luther King Jr.
Gandhi’s resolution to use salt or salt tax for organising this protest was a really distinctive one, as salt being a each day use merchandise, resonated with extra folks no matter caste, gender, or faith.
Just a few days earlier than starting the march, Gandhi wrote to Lord Irwin, providing to cease the march if their calls for just like the abolition of salt tax amongst others have been met.
But the British underestimated the affect of the salt march and solely after the protest gathered steam did they realise the facility of salt as a logo.
