Dandi March
The History
It was 91 years ago that Bapu ji walked from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi along with 80 hand picked people, covering 388 kms in 25 days.
The Run
388 kms in 4 or 5 days. From 2nd April to 6th April 2021. There will be individual and relay team categories. There will also be a virtual category.
The Team
Tushar Gandhi (Bapu’s great grandson), Gul Mohamed Akbar (Bangalore Midnight Marathon) & Dr. Rajat Chauhan (La Ultra - The High)
Dandi March
Credit: By Yann (talk) - Scanned by Yann (talk)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=138627
It all started when…
a 61 year old man we all know as Bapuji (Mahatma Gandhi), along with hand picked 80 other people, walked from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi. They covered a distance of 388 kms (214 miles) in 25 days. They departed from Sabarmati on 12th March 1930 and got to Dandi on 5th April 1930.
“I know the path. It is straight and narrow. It is like the edge of a sword. I rejoice to walk on it.”
Gandhiji picked up grains of salt at the end of his march. Behind him is his second son Manilal Gandhi and Mithuben Petit. (Credit: By Unknown author - http://www.calpeacepower.org/0101/images/1930-pick-salt-GS_BG.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2082661)
On 6th April 1930 Gandhiji picked up grains of salt at the end of his march. From what Bapuji picked up, 15 grams of salt were made.
The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi. The Britishers were introducing Salt tax on 6th April 1930.
Re-enactment in 2005
To commemorate the Great Salt March, the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation re-enacted the Salt March on its 75th anniversary, in its exact historical schedule and route followed by the Mahatma and his band of 78 marchers. The event was known as the "International Walk for Justice and Freedom". What started as a personal pilgrimage for Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi turned into an international event with 900 registered participants from nine nations and on a daily basis the numbers swelled to a couple of thousands. There was extensive reportage in the international media.
The participants halted at Dandi on the night of 5 April, with the commemoration ending on 7 April. At the finale in Dandi, the Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, greeted the marchers and promised to build an appropriate monument at Dandi to commemorate the marchers and the historical event. The route from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi has now been christened as the Dandi Path and has been declared a historical heritage route.
(source: Tushar Gandhi and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March)
Features Overview
Individual Run
Participant, in stage format, will cover 388 km from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi in 5 days from 2nd (Friday) to 6th April (Tuesday). Only limited to 80 participants.
Team Relay
Teams of 4, in a relay format, will cover 388 km in 5 days from 2nd to 6th April. Sections for each participant will be predetermined. Only limited to 20 teams.
Virtual Run
There are 2 categories. First, you walk-run every day, in 26 days from 12th March (Friday) to 6th April (Tuesday) covering 388 kms or in 5 days as individual participants.
Features Overview
The History
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The Run
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The Team
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