On 12 March 1930, Gandhi started the Dandi march from Sabarmati Ashram towards the small coastal village of Dandi. He marched against the state monopoly in manufacturing and selling of salt. Gandhi chose salt because it was used in every Indian household, yet people were not allowed to make salt even for domestic use. Gandhi through his Dandi March tried to protest against the regressive policies of the British Government and arouse the people of India to fight against the colonialism and its evils through non-violent means. This was the immediate reason for the Dandi March.

The\xa0Salt March, also known as the\xa0Dandi March\xa0and the\xa0Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of\xa0nonviolent\xa0civil disobedience\xa0in\xa0colonial India\xa0led by\xa0Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi\xa0to produce salt from the seawater in the coastal village of\xa0Dandi\xa0(now in\xa0Gujarat), as was the practice of the local populace until British officials introduced taxation on salt production, deemed their sea-salt reclamation activities illegal, and then repeatedly used force to stop it. The 24-day march began from 12 March 1930 and continued until 6 April 1930 as a\xa0direct action\xa0campaign of\xa0tax resistance\xa0and\xa0nonviolent protest\xa0against the British salt monopoly, and it gained worldwide attention which gave impetus to the\xa0Indian independence movement\xa0and started the nationwide\xa0Civil Disobedience Movement.