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Dandi March Analysis

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Through the painting, I am portraying Dandi March, a march on foot led by Mahatma Gandhi. It was a major non violent action taken by India against the British Rule. It was not just an event but after the breaking of the salt law, Civil disobedience movement followed. The march had started on 12 March 1930 and the long 241 mile trek finally ended on April 5 1930. In India, distribution and selling of salt was a monopoly of British. Indians could not only produce and sell salt but also had to buy heavy taxed and expensive salt, imported. This affected Indians specially poor who could not afford an essential commodity in their lives. However, to support the poor and demonstrate the anger, without any violence, of the public against the salt tax …show more content…

It was an event which led to the freedom movement and caused the idea of mass civil disobedience. It united the nation and everyone came forward to fight for their freedom. It was hard for the Britishers to stop Indians after this movement. They started to fear them and no longer thought of them as inferior. They were astonished and completely shaken to see the fire in them. Dandi march helped the Indians to built confidence to fight for their country. They became self reliant and it also evoked a feeling of nationalism. It also taught them that they were capable to stand for their own rights. Even after so many followers were beaten up by police, arrested and jailed, the protest was still carried on in full spirit. They no longer felt weak and learned how to fight without being violent. As the protest did not only had hindu followers, people had to live as one and ignore religious denominations. They all came together as one community leaving behind the hatred between the communities. For the first time there was a feeling of Swaraj in the air. People had to learn order and organisation to run the government. Sacrifice and struggle till the end were the important teachings of the movement. All the difficulties were overcame by the nation as one. This period was the downfall of the Britain’s Empire. The super power is not armed with guns but with the power of non violent

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