Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct in relation to Salt Satyagraha?

a) The British government/state had a monopoly on the manufacture and sale of salt.
b) By picking the salt issue Gandhiji hoped to mobilize a wider discontent against the Britishers.
c) Gandhiji started Salt March without giving any advance notice to the then Viceroy.
d) He began the salt March from Dandi Coast in Gujarat.

a and b are correct.

Gandhiji had given advance notice of his “Salt March” to the Viceroy Lord Irwin, Irwin failed to grasp the significance of the action.

On 12 March 1930, Gandhiji began walking from his ashram at Sabarmati towards the ocean.