While Gandhi marched to Dandi, C. Rajagopalachari led a parallel salt march in the south. His route ran from Tiruchirappalli to the Tanjore coast at Vedaranyam.
C. Rajagopalachari, 1944. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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Rajagopalachari’s march covered about 150 miles to reach Vedaranyam
Tiruchirappalli to the Tanjore coast, April 1930.
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Date the march set out from Tiruchirappalli
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Date marchers reached Vedaranyam and broke the Salt Law
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Volunteers on the march, mostly Congress members
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Leader of the march, later India’s last Governor-General
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The march this one paralleled, in Gujarat, same month
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✊ Must Know
The March to Vedaranyam
- Led by Rajaji C. Rajagopalachari led the Vedaranyam Salt March in April 1930.
- The route The march ran from Tiruchirappalli to Vedaranyam, on the Tanjore (Thanjavur) coast, about 150 miles.
- Breaking the law Rajagopalachari and his followers reached Vedaranyam on 28 April 1930 and broke the Salt Law by making salt.
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Part of a Larger Movement
- Inspired by Dandi The Vedaranyam march followed the same civil disobedience logic as Gandhi's Dandi March, held earlier the same month.
- Close to 150 volunteers Rajagopalachari's march had close to 150 volunteers, most of them members of the Indian National Congress.
- Part of Civil Disobedience The march was a key part of the Civil Disobedience Movement's spread across South India in 1930.
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Rajaji Beyond the March
- Rajaji's later role C. Rajagopalachari went on to become independent India's last Governor-General, the only Indian to hold that office.
- Distinct from Dandi Vedaranyam is often confused with Dandi. Both broke the same law, in the same month, but as two separate marches, in two separate regions.
- A regional pattern Several regional salt marches followed Dandi's lead across India in 1930, not just the one in Gujarat.
📝 Previous Year Questions
Who Broke the Salt Law on the Tanjore Coast?
- Answer: (b) C. Rajagopalachari organized the march on the Tanjore coast to break the Salt Law in April 1930.
- The other options V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, C. Kamaraj, and Annie Besant were not involved in this specific march.
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