Dandi March in Kalimpong . Proud Indians .

This year Kalimpong witnessed  the much awaited special presentation act - "Dandi March "on the eve of this years Independence   day celebration .

The presentation was done by the members of the SDO office Kalimpong .

It is indeeed very important to know about our  Indian roots and that the celebration here in Kalimpong apparently shows how proud we are to be " Indians ".

The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial Indiainitiated by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to produce salt from the seawater, 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 on 12 March 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistanceand nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly, and it gained worldwide attention which gave impetus to the Indian independence movement and started the nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement.

The march was the most significant organised challenge to British authority since the Non-cooperation movement of 1920–22, and directly followed the Purna Swaraj declaration of sovereignty and self-rule by the Indian National Congress on 26 January 1930.

Happens only in Kalimpong , also to get more pictures and updates from the Independence Day celebration here in Kalimpong , check the official Humans of Kalimpomg page .https://m.facebook.com/Humans-Of-Kalimpong-633825010040195/

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