The 1930 protest march Gandhi led to the sea against Britain’s salt tax was called the Salt March.
Also known as the Dandi March, Dandi Satyagraha, or Salt Satyagraha, it began on March 12, 1930, at Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. Mahatma Gandhi set out with 78 volunteers and walked roughly 387 kilometers to the coastal village of Dandi.
At Dandi on April 6, Gandhi symbolically broke the British salt laws by making salt from seawater. Britain controlled salt production and imposed a tax, even though salt was essential to daily life. The issue therefore offered a simple, widely understood focus for nonviolent resistance and helped launch the broader Civil Disobedience Movement.
The Salt March did not immediately end British rule, but it drew international attention and encouraged thousands of Indians to challenge colonial laws. It is often confused with the Quit India Movement, which began in 1942, or the Champaran Satyagraha, Gandhi’s 1917 campaign in Bihar.