Mahatma Gandhi’s letter was, in a way, an ultimatum. If the demands were not fulfilled by 11 March, the latter stated, the Congress would launch a civil disobedience campaign. Irwin was unwilling to negotiate. So Mahatma Gandhi started his famous salt march accompanied by 78 of his trusted volunteers. The march was over 240 miles, from Gandhiji ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi. The volunteers walked for 24 days, about 10 miles a day. Thousands came to hear Mahatma Gandhi wherever he stopped, and he told them what he meant by swaraj and urged them to peacefully defy the British. On 6 April, he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law, manufacturing salt by boiling sea water.

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The above description is of Salt march.
Mahatma Gandhi found in salt a powerful symbol that could unite the nation. Salt was something consumed by the rich and the poor alike, and it was one of the most essential items in food. Due to the tax on salt and the government monopoly over its production, Mahatma Gandhi declared and revealed the most oppressive face of British rule. Thus, Gandhiji demanded the abolition of the salt tax. He made eleven demands in a letter to Viceroy Irwin dated January 31, 1930. The demand to eliminate the salt tax was the one that stirred people the most. At one time, salt, one of the most important food ingredients, was consumed by both the wealthy and the poor. According to Mahatma Gandhi, the taxes and tariffs on salt and the government's monopoly over its manufacture exposed the most repressive aspect of British rule. In order to protest, Gandhi marched to the coastal town of Dandi with his followers and manufactured his own salt as a symbol of protest.

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