Which one of the following statements in not correct about Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March?

(A) It was an altogether a pedestrian march.
(B) It started from Sabarmati Ashram and ended at Dandi.
(C) The entire march from Sabarmati was covered in 24 days
(D) The march was started on 15 March, 1930

Correct Answer : The march was started on 15 March, 1930
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2010
After violating the salt law at sea coast of Dandi, Gandhi decided to start Civil Disobedience Movement. Salt was a major point of the Movement because the English Government had banned the selling of the salt and also imposed a tax on it, which highly affected the poor. Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March accompanied by 78 of his trusted volunteers from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930. The march was over 240 miles, from Gandhi’s ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarat’s coastal town of Dandi. The volunteers walked for 24 days, about 10 miles a day. On April 6, 1930 he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the salt law. Thus, statement (C) is incorrect.
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