"Disobedience is a right that belongs to every human being and it becomes a sacred duty when it springs from civility, or, which is the same thing, love."
-Mahatma Gandhi
Young India, 1-4-26, p. 122
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-Mahatma Gandhi
Young India, 1-4-26, p. 122
(Courtesy of mkgandhi.org)
Sensible & Steadfast
"... when the marchers entered a village and
spent the night, they were taken care of by that village... there was a sense of responsibility there..." - Dr. Nico Slate, Historian and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University |
Dandi March Route (March 12, 1930-April 6, 1930)
[241 miles]
[241 miles]
Map showing the cities in the route of historical Dandi Yatra that started from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi.
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- By disobeying the law, people exercised their rights and, by making salt peacefully, they showed their protest responsibly.
Proving the Power of Non-Violent Satyagraha
"Just before his arrest he [Gandhi] had planned a more 'aggressive' phase of his non-violent rebellion by raiding and taking possession of the salt depots at Dharasana... |
Credit: GandhiServe
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Credit: GandhiServe
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...As the first column of volunteers advanced, police officers ordered them to disperse. The volunteers advanced in silence even though scores of policemen fell on them and rained blows upon them. Not one man so much as raised his arm to fend off the blows. Webb Miller, an American correspondent, who witnessed the scene, wrote: "In eighteen years of reporting in twenty two countries, I have never witnessed such harrowing scenes as at Dharasana. Sometimes the scenes were so painful that I had to turn away momentarily. One surprising feature was the discipline of volunteers. It seemed they were thoroughly imbued with Gandhi’s non-violent creed."
- Courtesy of World History Project |
"People to Make Salt and to Stop Disobedience Campaign" (Picture and text- Courtesy of rarenewspapers.com)
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Gandhi-Irwin Pact...
March 4, 1931 ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, March 4, 1931 |