Dandi - Definition and Overview

Dandi is a small village in Gujarat, India. It is located on the coast of Arabian Sea near the city of Surat.

It shot into prominence when Mahatma Gandhi selected it to be the place for Salt Satyagraha. He marched from Ahmedabad to Dandi with some of his followers to protest the imposition of tax on salt. It could be said that in this village the begining of the fall of British rule in India started.

See Also

• Salt Satyagraha
• Indian independence movement