The punching of the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 is an important landmark in the history of Bombay and its suburbs. A series of raids on the Wadala salt deports which were under government control was an important part of the Salt Satyagraha Campaign in Bombay Suburban area. The raids on 16 April, 18 May, 25 May, and 1 June 1930 were noteworthy. The raid of June at Wadala was the most spectacular action in Bombay during Salt Satyagraha. About Fifteen thousand disciplined volunteers participated in the demonstrations. Gunvantlal Vrijlal Kapadia was one of the Satyagrahis who participated in the Salt Satyagraha as part of the Civil Disobedience Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930.
From 16 April to 1 June 1930 large number of satyagrahis used to gather at Wadala, in the neighbourhood of Mumbai, in defiance of the law, use to make salt without paying tax on it as part of their agitation, and, as a consequence, get mercilessly beaten and get arrested by the police.
Gunvantlal Vrijlal Kapadia participated in one such ‘raid on the Wadala Salt Pans’ and was arrested on 18 June 1930. He was convicted on 19 June 1930. He was charged with section 188 of I.P.C and sentenced to 6 months’ of rigorous imprisonment.