• Boat used by Mahatma Gandhi

Boat used by Mahatma Gandhi

Present Location: Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat, New Delhi

Period: Modern

Material: Wood

Objects: Transport

Credits: Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat, New Delhi


This is the boat used by Gandhiji during the historic Dandi March in 1930.


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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