https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Dharasana Dharasana - Revision history 2026-07-31T16:28:52Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Dharasana&diff=199184&oldid=prev >Tom.Reding at 11:33, 3 June 2021 2021-06-03T11:33:28Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = <br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | other_name =<br /> | nickname = Danda<br /> | settlement_type = village<br /> | image_skyline = Dharasana salt pan.jpg<br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = A salt pan in Dharasana <br /> | pushpin_map = India Gujarat#India<br /> | pushpin_label_position = right<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India, Asia, Earth, <br /> | coordinates = {{coord|20|41|0|N|72|55|0|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Valsad district|Valsad]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_total = <br /> | population_as_of = <br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br /> | postal_code = 396375<br /> | area_code_type = Telephone code<br /> | area_code = 00-91-0260<br /> | registration_plate = GJ-15<br /> | website = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}} <br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Dharasana&#039;&#039;&#039; is a town in [[Valsad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]], adjacent to [[Dandi, Navsari|Dandi]]. It shot to worldwide fame in May, 1930 as the site of the [[Dharasana Satyagraha]], an immediate follow up to the [[Dandi March|Dandi salt march]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|title=India in the 1930s: 1930 Elections in India, Salt Satyagraha, Dharasana Satyagraha, Madras Presidency Legislative Council Election 1930|date=2010|publisher=General Books LLC|location=London|page=Ch. 2 : Dharasana Satyagraha}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Here, British Indian police brutally attacked a group of about 2500 [[Nonviolence|non-violent]] protestors as they marched to the Dharasana Salt Works, as part of the [[Salt Satyagraha]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Webb|title=Natives beaten down by police in India salt bed raid|url=http://100years.upi.com/sta_1930-05-21.html|accessdate=3 September 2015|agency=United Press International|date=21 May 1930}}&lt;/ref&gt; The attack received global news coverage and helped turn public opinion against the [[British Raj|British rule in India]] and in favor of Indian freedom fighters. This proved to be one of the most important milestones of the Salt Satyagraha and Civil Disobedience Movement led by [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mohandas Karamchand &quot;Mahatma&quot; Gandhi]] in 1930-31.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|last1=Desai|first1=I.E|title=Dharasani Shauryaghatha|date=1973|publisher=Surat Swatantraitihas, Samiti Panchayat|location=Surat}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Dharasana Satyagraha]]<br /> * [[Salt Satyagraha]]<br /> * [[Indian Independence Movement]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> &lt;!--{{Coord|20|41|N|71|55|E|region:IN_type:city|display=title}} --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Navsari district}}<br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Historic sites in India]]<br /> [[Category:Villages in Navsari district]]</div> >Tom.Reding