What action did the British government take, after the famous Dandi March?

(i) Worried by the developments, the colonial government began arresting the Congress leaders one by one.

(ii) This led to violent clashes in many places.

(iii) A month later when Mahatma Gandhi himself was arrested, industrial workers in Sholapur attacked police posts, municipal buildings, law courts and railway stations- all structures that symbolised British rule.

(iv) A frightened government responded with a policy of brutal suppression.

(v) Peaceful Satyagrahis were attacked, women and children were beaten, and about 1,00,000 people were arrested.