Gandhi; Mohandas Karamchand; called Mahatma; Leader of the Indian Independence Movement; Porbandar(Kathiawar) 2.10.1869 - (assassinated)New Delhi 30.1.1948.Salt March (Salt Satyagraha); campaign initiated by Gandhi; which was meant to break the salt monopoly of the British India colonial government and would eventually lead to India's independence from British rule): Gandhi (centre) with his followers during the march over 385 km from his Sabarmati-Ashram near Ahmedabad after Dandi at the Arabian Sea from 12 March - 5 April 1930.Photo; 12 March 1930; by Vithalbhai Jhaveri.