Question

explain initial satyagraha

Answer 1

(i) 1916 Champaran Movement, in Bihar: To inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.

(ii) 1917 Kheda Movement: To support the peasants of Kheda district of Gujarat, who could not pay the revenue due to crop failure and plague epidemic.

(iii) 1918 Movement in Ahmedabad: To organise a Satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers against British atrocities.