The Salt Satyagraha, a campaign of non-violent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India, begins with the Salt March to Dandi on March 12, 1930.

It is the first act of organized opposition to British rule after Purna Swaraj, the declaration of independence by the Indian National Congress.

Mahatma Gandhi leads the Dandi march from his Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat to make salt, with growing numbers of Indians joining him along the way.

When Gandhi breaks the salt laws in Dandi at the conclusion of the march on April 6, 1930, it sparks large-scale acts of civil disobedience against the British Raj salt laws by millions of Indians.

Gandhi is arrested on May 5, 1930, just days before his planned raid on the Dharasana Salt Works.

The Dandi March and the ensuing Dharasana Satyagraha draws worldwide attention to the Indian independence movement through extensive newspaper and newsreel coverage.

The satyagraha against the salt tax continues for almost a year, ending with Gandhi's release from jail and negotiations with Viceroy Lord Irwin at the Second Round Table Conference.Over 80,000 Indians are jailed as a result of the Salt Satyagraha.

The campaign has a significant effect on changing world and British attitudes toward Indian independence, and causes large numbers of Indians to actively join the fight for the first time, but fails to win major concessions from the British.The Salt Satyagraha campaign is based upon Gandhi's principles of nonviolent protest called satyagraha, which he loosely translates as "truth-force."

In early 1930, the Indian National Congress chooses satyagraha as their main tactic for winning Indian independence from British rule and appoints Gandhi to organize the campaign.

Gandhi chooses the 1882 British Salt Act as the first target of satyagraha.

The Salt March to Dandi, and the beating of hundreds of nonviolent protesters in Dharasana, demonstrates the effective use of civil disobedience as a technique for fighting social and political injustice.

The satyagraha teachings of Gandhi and the March to Dandi are to have a significant influence on American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and his fight for civil rights for blacks and other minority groups in the 1960's.