Under leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress launched a series of mass movements - the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1920 -1922 and the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930. The Non-Cooperation Movement was triggered by the famous Salt (Dandi) March, when Gandhi captured the imagination of the nation by leading a band of followers from his ashram at Sabarmati, on a 200 mile trek to the remote village of Dandi on the west coast, there to prepare salt in symbolic violation of British law. He inspired millions of others to take the first step on the road to emancipation and equality.