National Salt Satyagraha Memorial

National Salt Satyagraha Memorial
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Established30 January 2019 (2019-01-30)
LocationDandi, Gujarat, India
Coordinates20°53′29″N 72°47′59″E / 20.89139°N 72.79972°E / 20.89139; 72.79972
TypeMemorial
Websitenssm.in

The National Salt Satyagraha Memorial or Dandi Memorial is a memorial in Dandi, Gujarat, India, that honors the activists and participants of the Salt Satyagraha, an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India which was led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930.[1] The memorial is spread over a 15 acres (61,000 m2)[2] and is located in the coastal town of Dandi, where the Salt March ended on 5 April 1930 and the British salt monopoly was broken by producing salt by boiling sea water.[1] The project was developed at an estimated cost of ₹89 crore (US$11 million).[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NSS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Brochure of NSSM" (PDF). 8 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Historical Saifee Villa, Prathna Mandir not part of Dandi memorial project". The Times of India. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2019.