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Who was the Viceroy of India when Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi march on 12th March 1930?

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Lord Willingdon
  2. Lord Irwin
  3. Lord Chelmsford
  4. Lord Minto II

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Lord Irwin

Explanation: The correct answer is B. Lord Irwin. When Mahatma Gandhi began the historic Dandi March on 12th March 1930, the Viceroy of India was Lord Irwin. This march was a key part of the Civil Disobedience Movement, aimed at protesting against the British monopoly on salt production and their imposition of a salt tax. Gandhi, along with 78 followers, marched around 240 miles from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, a coastal village in Gujarat, where he broke the salt law by making salt from seawater. This symbolic act became a mass movement, encouraging people across India to break colonial laws peacefully.