SSC GD 2025 PYQ — Question 29

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Mahatma Gandhi.

• The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March or Salt Satyagraha, was a major non-violent protest led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930.
• It marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement against British rule in India.
• Gandhi began the march from the Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad to the coastal village of Dandi in Gujarat, covering 240 miles.
• He was accompanied by 78 followers from the ashram, passing through various villages to mobilize public support.
• The 24-day march took place from March 12 to April 5, 1930.
• The protest was aimed at defying the British monopoly on salt by making salt from seawater, a symbolic act of resistance.
• The march was rooted in Gandhi's philosophy of Satyagraha (non-violent resistance).
• Sarojini Naidu, a prominent freedom fighter and poet, was among the key leaders who joined Gandhi during the march.