Dandi, Navsari
title: "Dandi, Navsari" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["historic-sites-in-india", "villages-in-navsari-district"] topic_path: "geography/india" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandi,_Navsari" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| nickname | Danda |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | NATIONAL SALT SATYAGRAHA MEMORIAL AT DANDI.jpg |
| image_caption | National Salt Satyagraha Memorial |
| pushpin_map | India Gujarat#India |
| pushpin_label_position | right |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Gujarat, India |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | India |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_name1 | Gujarat |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Navsari |
| established_title | |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| demographics_type1 | Languages |
| demographics1_title1 | Official |
| demographics1_info1 | Gujarati, Hindi |
| timezone1 | IST |
| utc_offset1 | +5:30 |
| postal_code_type | |
| registration_plate | GJ 21 |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = Danda | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = NATIONAL SALT SATYAGRAHA MEMORIAL AT DANDI.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = National Salt Satyagraha Memorial | pushpin_map = India Gujarat#India | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = India | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Gujarat | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Navsari | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Gujarati, Hindi | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | registration_plate =GJ 21 | website = | footnotes = Dandi is a village in the Jalalpore taluka, Navsari District, Gujarat, India. It is located on the coast of the Arabian Sea near the city of Navsari.
The village got into worldwide prominence in 1930, when Mahatma Gandhi selected it to be the destination for the Salt March. He marched from Sabarmati (Ahmedabad) to Dandi (Navsari) with some of his followers to protest against the imposition of a tax on salt by the British Raj. Thousands of people participated, travelling on foot for 24 days from Ahmedabad to Dandi.
The Government of India initiated plans to develop the Sabarmati-Dandi stretch as a tourist hub. In 2019 the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial to commemorate the Salt March of the Indian Independence Movement was opened in the village.
References
References
- Andrews, Evan. "When Gandhi’s Salt March Rattled British Colonial Rule".
- (19 July 2013). "PM's promise to develop Dandi Route yet to be fulfilled: Saurabh Patel". [[The Times of India]].
- (18 July 2013). "Gujarat accuses Centre of discrimination in tourism sector". Economic Times.
- "Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Prime Minister's Office".
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