Home Minister Amit Shah flags off ‘Dandi Cycle Yatra’ in Ahmedabad

GG News Bureau

Ahmedabad, 12^th March. Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off the ‘Dandi Cycle Yatra’ on the occasion of the 92nd anniversary of the Dandi March in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

The Dandi Cycle Yatra, organised by Gujarat Vidyapeeth, left for Dandi from Kochrab Ashram in Ahmedabad.

The Dandi March or Salt Satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi from the Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad to the village of Dandi in the state’s coastal area.

The Salt Satyagraha was a part of Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent movement against British rule. The movement was started on March 12, 1930, and ended on April 5, 1930.