Gyarah Murti Monument - New Delhi, India
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Gyarah Murti Monument is located on Mother Theresa Crescent in New Delhi, India. It depicts Mahatma Gandhi leading the Salt March with ten followers.
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Location: India
Date Posted: 01/17/2016
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The sculpture, by Devi Prasad Roy Choudhary (1899-1975), depicts the famous Salt Satyagraha / Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930 against oppressive salt taxes imposed by the British regime.
The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March or Salt Satyagraha, was an act of civil disobedience in the form of a nonviolent protest, which took place in colonial India on March 1930. The march was initiated by Mohandas Gandhi in order to allow the extraction and production of salt from seawater as was the practice of the Bhartiya (Indian) people. British officials deemed such production to be illegal and repeatedly used force to stop it.
The 240-mile journey from Sabarmati to Dandi took 24 days, from 12 March to 5 April 1930. 79 marchers accompanied Gandhi on his march. Most of them were between the ages of 20 and 30. These followers hailed from almost all parts of the country. The march gathered more people as it gained momentum.
The march was a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly. The march gained worldwide attention and gave impetus to the Indian independence movement; it started the nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement.
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