• Bench used by Mahatma Gandhi

Bench used by Mahatma Gandhi

Original Location: Baijalpur Village, Gujarat

Present Location: Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat, New Delhi

Period: Modern

Material: Wood

Objects: Household Items

Credits: Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat, New Delhi


The bench used by Mahatma Gandhi during the Dandi March while addressing the huge masses at Baijalpur Village, Gujarat


The Dandi March, also called 'the Salt March' was led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as a part of his Non- violent Civil Disobedience Movement. It sought to oppose the British monopoly over the production of salt in India.

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