Timeline Wednesday 12 March 1930

Events on Wednesday 12 March 1930 1

• 1930 Gandhi's Salt March Mass civil disobedience against the British salt tax Mohandas Gandhi led a march of about 385 kilometres from Sabarmati Ashram to the coastal village of Dandi to defy the British monopoly on salt. On 6 April he made salt from seawater, which set off a campaign of civil disobedience across India. Tens of thousands were arrested, and the march drew international attention to the Indian independence movement.