Dandi, Navsari
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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.{{Cite web|last=Andrews|first=Evan|title=When Gandhi’s Salt March Rattled British Colonial Rule|url=https://www.history.com/news/gandhi-salt-march-india-british-colonial-rule|access-date=2021-11-20|website=HISTORY|language=en}} 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.{{cn|date=April 2023}}
The Government of India initiated plans to develop the Sabarmati-Dandi stretch as a tourist hub.{{cite news |title=PM's promise to develop Dandi Route yet to be fulfilled: Saurabh Patel |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-19/ahmedabad/40678195_1_gujarat-tourism-tourism-minister-subodh-kant-sahay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728231121/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-19/ahmedabad/40678195_1_gujarat-tourism-tourism-minister-subodh-kant-sahay |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |date=19 July 2013 |location=Ahmedabad |newspaper=The Times of India |accessdate=2013-08-14}}{{cite news|title=Gujarat accuses Centre of discrimination in tourism sector |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-07-18/news/40657241_1_gujarat-tourism-tourism-sector-incredible-india-campaign |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217120359/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-07-18/news/40657241_1_gujarat-tourism-tourism-sector-incredible-india-campaign |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 December 2013 |date=18 July 2013 |newspaper=Economic Times |location=New Delhi |accessdate=2013-08-14}} In 2019 the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial to commemorate the Salt March of the Indian Independence Movement was opened in the village.{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=187883|title=Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Prime Minister's Office}}