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Short Script o a"di #arch

A Short script on: The Dandi march by our great leader Mahatma Gandhi. A man with one single loin cloth had inspired thousands of our countrymen to break br eak the salt law. (! (! minutes " #$%& words'

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&oice o "arrator: ebruary !th )$%. A newspaper reporting Gandhi going for ci*il Disobedience mo*ement by defying a salt law. +ehru# Sardar ,a ,allabhbhai llabhbhai -a -atel# tel# Abdul Gaffer han# sitting in the Ashram of Gandhi and asturba (Gandhi/s wife' discussing about their dandi march.

Nehru:

bapu# what is this in today/s paper0 1hat ha*e you decided to do0

'a"dhi( Nehru(

(laughs' punishment for you. ok# you still feel 2 should be punished so you talk about dandi (stick' 1ould you like to use your stick to control me0 1ell# fine go ahead 2 am ready (laughs'.

'a"dhi:

no# no not for you (laughs' this stick will be use to whip the 3ritish 4olonial rule for imposing ta5 on 2ndians and burdening the poor people and e5ploiting our economy.

Sardar : 'a"dhi(

how will you do this0 we will start our march from this Sabarmati ashram to dandi beach and make a salt from the water of the sea.

)arsa"*hai( 'a"dhi(

+an ashram inmate' what will happen with that0 we want to show to the whole world with the weapon of non6 ,iolence we can fight e*ery in7ustice and e5ploitation. This is only 8ne newspaper reporter reporting our march but 2 want reporters to report of our march6America# 2ndia and 9.

Sardar :

arsanbhai you make the arrangement for all the reporters. 2t will be your duty to see all e*ents are reported.

'a"dhi(

first 2 will meet *iceroy lord 2rwin and con*ince him to agree to all our ele*en demands and if he will not then let us go ahead with our plan. (Aggressi*ely' now nobody can stop us from attaining -urna Swara7./

'aarkha"(

what are those demands0

'a"dhi(

reduction of land re*enue assessments# cutting military e5penditure# imposing a tariff on foreign clothes and abolishing the salt law. My strongest appeal will be to abolish a ta5 le*ied on salt. 2 will gi*e him the ultimatum if these demands are not fulfilled then we will proceed for the march.

Nehru(

as the independence mo*ement is essentially for the poorest in the land# the beginning will be made with this e*il. (;aughs'.

'a"dhi(

in this march 2 want to recruit the marchers from the ashram itself 

and no congress party workers.

(All surprised': why0

'a"dhi(

because the residents of my ashram are well trained and 2 want strict discipline during this march. 2 want people to adhere to Satyagraha and ahimsa. 1e must not forget our failure of non6 4ooperation mo*ement from )<%6<<. we had succeeded in raising millions of heart of 2ndians but had not the *iolence broken out at 4hauri6 4haura0 So# we still cannot trust because 2ndians are not yet ready for non6*iolence resistance.

Narrator(

Gandhi62rwin talks failed. 2rwin did not take the threat of a salt protest seriously. Then= on < th march )$% Gandhi and >? male satyagrahis set out on foot for the coastal *illage of Dandi# Gu7arat# $)%km from their starting point at Gandhi ashram. @eporters from all o*er the 4ountries reached there.

Narrator(

After the prayer=Gandhi/s speech to the marchers: truth (satya' implies lo*e and firmness engenders and therefore ser*es as a synonym for force. 2 thus began to call the 2ndian mo*ement Satyagraha# that is to say# force which is born out of truth and lo*e or non *iolence# and ga*e up the phrase passi*e resistanceB. 2f the means employed are impure the change will not be in the direction of progress but *ery likely in the opposite. 8nly a change brought by pure means can lead to real progress. The 3ritish go*ernment in 2ndia has not only depri*ed the 2ndian people of their freedom but has based itself on the e5ploitation of the masses# and ruined 2ndia economically# politically# culturally and spiritually. 1e must se*er all 3ritish connection and attain -urna Swara7 or

complete independence. This -urna Swara7 will build up unity between Cindus and Muslims by fighting a wrong that ha*e touched all of us. *erybody is prepared for arrest# 7ail or any physical assault= 4ome what may. 2 want you all to follow peace in silence. Music= bha7an=.

Narrator(

the statesman report presented in the newspaper %%#%%% people

crowded the road that separated Sabarmati from Ahmedabad. The first day/s march of < km ended in the *illage of Aslali# where Gandhi spoke to a crowd of E#%%%. ,olunteers collected donations# registered new satyagrahis# and recei*ed resignations from *illage officials to end cooperation towards 3ritish.

Sardar(

Gaffarbhai# you go to ;ahore and spread non6cooperation mo*ement by boycotting all 3ritish goods and acting against all laws peacefully= and where is Saro7ini +aidu0

Nehru(

she will 7oin us from the ne5t *illage. Till now she was at 3ombay preparing people to 7oin this march.

)astur*a(

arsan# ha*e the arrangements by the *olunteers been made for a night halt0 And ask the *olunteers to tell *illage people to make arrangement for the simple food and a place to wash and rest.

)arsa"*hai(

yes baa# e*erything is ready but due to huge crowd we all will ha*e to sleep in the open and about food people e*erywhere on the way ha*e made arrangement for food.

)astur*a( 

goodF A song =. Cari no

Narrator(

more and more people 7oined the March e*eryday more then thousands came to hear Gandhi/s speech which was held in e*ery *illage during e*ening before prayer and rest. oreign 7ournalist made him a household name in urope and America. As they entered

into a *illage people welcomed them with drums and other musical instruments. -eople were shouting long li*e our bapuF ai hindF ,ande mataramF 4hildren cheered Gandhi# many *illagers eyes were filled with tears in respect of Gandhi. *erywhere in 2ndia# in all other states laws were defied.

Suddenly= after two days 3ritish officers arri*ed hea*ily armed started blows on satyagrahis.

Saroi"i "aidu:

all of you keep bapu/s words in mind no *iolence under any circumstances you will be beaten# but you will not resists: you will not

raise yours to ward off the blows.

Narrator(

soldiers began clubbing the satyagrahis with steel tipped lathis. Many arrest were made# there was no space left in a 7ail for more arrest.

+ot one of the marchers e*en raised an arm to fend off the blows. A sound of sickening whacks of the clubs on unprotected skulls being heard# people groaned and sucked in their breaths in sympathetic pain at e*ery blow. 2n two or three minutes the ground was Huilted with bodies. They went down like ten pins. The sur*i*ors silently marched until struck down. &th April )$%# arri*ing at the seashore=

Nehru(

at last we ha*e done it. 3ut our many people ha*e faced bra*ely the blows of the police officers# many dead in between the route.

'a"dhi:

2 congratulate all my people for the sacrifices and laying their li*es against in7ustice. 2t is an honorable death = people ha*e died a warriors death and warriors death is ne*er a matter of sorrow.

-eop.e shouti"g: Gandhi broke the salt lawF Gandhi broke the salt lawF 'a"dhi:

(speech' we ha*e won the holy war. 1e succeeded a life and death struggle. 1e are the winners. 2 thank all my countrymen. And today with this fistful of salt 2 am breaking the un7ust law of salt to which

we ha*e all the rights.

Narrator(

and this way Gandhi boiled the sea water and took the salt and said...

'a"dhi(

with this 2 am shaking the foundation of 3ritish mpire# by producing illegal salt and 2 want all my followers to do likewise# making a salt along the shore let the world know "2 want sympathy in this battle of @2GCT AGA2+ST M2GCT.B

music of 7oy being played.

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