Question

Assertion:in 1917, Gandhiji organized a satyagraha to support the peasants of kheda district of Gujarat.
Reason:the peasants were affected by crop failurs and plague epidemic.they couldn't pay the revenue and were demanding the revenue collection be relaxed

Answer 1

option

A is the correct answer

Answer 2

Answer:

Both the assertion and the reason are right, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

Explanation:

• The Kheda Satyagraha in 1917 was a movement organised in Kheda district by Mahatma Gandhi.
• It was during the period of the British Raj.
• It is considered one of the important movements in the Indian Independence movement.
• It was conducted after the successful completion of the Champaran movement in 1916.
• This movement was organised in support of peasants as they were unable to pay taxes due to famine and the plague epidemic.
• Gandhi was assisted by Sardar Vallabhai Patel in this struggle.
• Many people around the cities of Ahmadabad and Vadodara joined hands in support, but Gandhi and Patel resisted the involvement of Indians from other parts to make it a purely Gujarati struggle.