On 12th of March 1930, Gandhiji with his 72 followers began a march from _______ up to Dandi coast.

The correct answer is Sabarmati Ashram.

Key Points

• The Salt March, also known as Dandi March was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience led by Mahatma Gandhi against the salt tax by the British government in India.
• The march began on 12 March 1930 from Sabarmati Ashram and lasted on 6 April 1930 at Dandi. 

Additional Information

• The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in India.
  • It was against the imposed indigo cultivation by the British power.
• Sevagram is located near Wardha in Maharashtra.
  • Mahatma Gandhi established his ashram at Sevagram in 1936.
  • The ashram employed some Harijans in the common kitchen to break the caste barrier.
• Santiniketan was originally an ashram built by Debendranath Tagore.
  • Debendranath was the father of the Poet, Rabindranath and was also known as Maharshi.
  • Santiniketan was expanded by Rabindranath Tagore and it became a university town after Visva Bharati was established.
  • Rabindranath Tagore wrote many of his literary classics at Santiniketan.