Google Doodle on India 69th Independence Day Saturday Aug 15,2015

 

In honor of the 69th Anniversary of India’s Independence Day on Saturday Aug 15,2015, Google remembered Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March on March 12,1930, which had sparked widespread protests across India against the then British government.

Google has dedicated the historic march with a doodle showing Gandhi in his khadi white clothes leading the way with men and women following him.

Mahatma Gandhi led the march from Sabarmati Asharam near Ahmedabad to Dandi in Gujarat as part of a non-violent protest against the British government’s decision to impose tax on salt.

The scene depicts a significant moment in India’s push for freedom from the rule of the British Raj and the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi March on March 12, 1930 to protest against the tax resistance and the British salt monopoly in colonial India.

Mahatma Gandhi began the march from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, and what ensued was a 24-day walk to Dandi, where many Indians joined along the way.

The march had sparked protests across India against British salt laws, and was one of the first campaign to have large number of Indians participating