<p>The march to Dandi was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi. The twenty-four day march was a direct action campaign of tax resistance and protest against the British salt monopoly. Another reason for this march was that the Civil Disobedience Movement needed a strong inauguration that would inspire more people to follow Gandhi's example. Gandhi started this march with 78 of his trusted volunteers. The march spanned 240 miles, from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, which was called Navsari at that time, now in the state of Gujarat. Growing numbers of Indians joined them along the way. When Gandhi broke the British Raj salt laws at 8:30 am on 6 April 1930, it sparked large scale acts of civil disobedience against the salt laws by millions of Indians.</p>

Mahatma Gandhi undertakes the Dandi March

 This bronze sculpture depicting Mohandas Gandhi (1869&ndash;1948) was sculpted by Kantilal B. Patel (born 1925). After its dedication on October 2, 1986, the 117th anniversary of Gandhi`s birth, the sculpture joined monuments to Washington, Lafayette, and Lincoln in Union Square Park as a quartet of works devoted to defenders of freedom. Noted civil rights leader Bayard Rustin (1912&ndash;1987) was the keynote speaker at the dedication. The monument, donated by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation and underwritten by Mohan B. Murjani of Murjani International, Ltd., was installed at Union Square because of the tradition of protest associated with the park. The champion of nonviolent protest and Indian independence from Britain, arguably one of the most important figures of the 20th century, is seen here grasping a staff in his right hand, looking towards a point on the horizon, and walking forward. Clad in sandals and a cotton dhoti, Gandhi`s dress illustrates his Hindu asceticism as well as his support for Indian industries. After its installation the monument became an instant pilgrimage site, with an annual ceremony taking place on Gandhi's birthday, October 2. In 2001, Parks conserved the statue after it had been removed temporarily to facilitate the construction of a water main beneath the site. In 2002, the piece was reset on a more naturalistic stone base and the landscaped area around the monument, known as Gandhi Gardens, was expanded and improved. 

Statue of Mohandas Gandhi

<p>This memorial museum is located in the ashram where the Mahatma lived from 1917 to 1930. Housing his books, letters and photographs, this modest and human-scaled memorial uses brick piers, stone floors and tiled roofs to find a contemporary expression for the spirit of swadeshi. The commission was the architect's first important work in private practice. In order to reflect the simplicity of Gandhi's life and the incremental nature of a living institution the architect used modular units 6 metres x 6 metres of reinforced cement concrete connecting spaces, both open and covered, allowing for eventual expansion. This building represents a skillful synthesis of Western Rationalism and Modernism with the simplicity and austerity that characterises the old ashram building.</p>

Gandhi Memorial Museum at Sabarmati Ashram

 A set of eleven statues erected near India Gate, New Delhi to pay tribute to a group Indian freedom fighters and social reformers. The sculpture depicts the famous Dandi March led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1931 against oppressive salt taxes imposed by the British regime. The eleven figures depicted in the sculpture are shown to represent the different religious and caste communities in India, all led by Gandhi as part of a non-violent protest against imperial oppression. Its position near the erstwhile Viceroy House symbolizes the show of unity against colonialism. 

At the intersection of Sardar Patel Marg and Mother Teresa Crescent

Dandi March Statue

 The site was one of the many residences of Mahatma Gandhi, his wife Kasturba Gandhi and their followers, including Vinoba Bhave. In recognition of the significant influence that this march had on the Indian independence movement, the Indian government has established the ashram as a national monument. The activities in the Ashram focused on labour, agriculture and literacy. 

Sabarmati Ashram

 The India International Centre (IIC) is a non-official organization situated in New Delhi, India. It serves as a meeting place for cultural and intellectual offerings while maintaining its non-official character. The center's foundation stone was laid in 1960 by Japanese Prince Akihito, who had come to India for his honeymoon, and was inaugurated in 1962 by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the second President of India. The campus consists of three main divisions, the Programmes Division, the Library and the Publications Division. 

India International Centre

Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma, Sanskrit for "great-souled", first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world. 

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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