Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi Wed Jan 30,3019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi in Gujarat on Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary on Wednesday Jan 30,2019

The memorial has statues of Mahatma Gandhi and 80 Satyagrahis who had marched with him during the historic Dandi Salt March.

 

 

It also has 24-narrative murals depicting various events and stories from the historic 1930 Salt March

 National Salt Satyagraha Memorial has been constructed in 15 acres of land at the historic Dandi with the cost of 110 crores

Note

The Salt Satyagraha March, better known as 'Dandi March', was a landmark event in the freedom struggle.

Gandhiji had traveled from Sabarmati to Dandi, from 12 March to 6 April against the Salt Law of the British Empire, which was called Dandi Yatra

As part of the civil disobedience movement against the British rule, 80 Satyagrahis led by Gandhi marched 241 miles from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to the coastal village of Dandi and made salt from sea water, thus breaking the Salt Law imposed by the British.