PM DEDICATES NATIONAL SALT SATYAGRAHA MEMORIAL TO THE NATION

Context:

  • Prime Minister dedicated National Salt Satyagraha Memorial to the nation at Dandi village, situated in South Gujarat on Arabian sea coast.
  • At the memorial site, he also unveiled statues of Mahatma Gandhi and 80 Satyagrahis who had marched with him during the historic Dandi Salt March in 1930. 

National Salt Satyagraha Memorial:

  • The memorial also has 24-narrative murals depicting various events and stories from the historic 1930 Salt March. 
  • Solar trees are installed to meet the energy requirements of the memorial complex.

Dandi March:

  • The Salt Satyagraha March, well known as the Dandi March of 1930 has been a landmark event in the history of India’s freedom struggle.
  • It was on this day, as a part of the Civil Disobedience Movement against the British rule, 80 Satyagrahis led by Mahatma Gandhi marched 241-miles from Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to the coastal village of Dandi and made salt from seawater breaking the Salt Law imposed by the British.
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