Question

How was champaran movement proved turnning point in gandhi life?

Answer 1

Gandhi went to Champaran in 1917 and it was then that he decided to insist on the British leaving India. It was there that not only did he raise his voice against the injustice of the landlord system in Bihar but also freed them from fear.   First he defied the secretary of-the British landlords' association, who refused to give information to an 'outsider'. Next, he refused to leave Tirhut division in which the Champaran district lay despite being told to do so. He also arranged a gathering of peasants in huge numbers which was the beginning of their freedom from fear of the British. The official felt powerless without Gandhi's cooperationThis was his proof that the power-of the Britishers could be challenged by Indians.   The peasants realized that they had rights and this was their first lesson in courag-e. Soon within a Jew years, the British planters returned the estates to the peasants. This was the end of indigo sharecropping. Through the Champaran incident, Gandhi declared for the first time that the British could not order Indians in their own country. It did not begin as an act of-disobedience though

Answer 2

$\huge{ \underline{ \overline{ \mid{ \mathfrak{ \purple{ \: \: ANSWER \: \: } \mid}}}}}$

$\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \text{On request of Rajkumar Shukla, Gandhi went} \\ \text{ to Champaran to realise the pitiable condition of the } \\ \text{poor indigo sharecroppers. Gandhi became very sad} \\ \text{ to know about the sharecroppers' situation from} \\ \text{ Shukla. He went there to help the poor peasants. In } \\ \text{Champaran, Gandhi was able to get an honourable} \\ \text{ settlement by forcing the British landlords to} \\ \text{ surrender part of money with their prestige to the} \\ \text{ poor peasants. \: }$

$\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \mathtt{I \: \: think \: \: the \: \: Champaran \: \: episode \: \: to \: \: be \: \: a \: \:} \\ \mathtt{ turning \: \: point \: \: in \: \: Gandhi \: \:ji's \: \: life. \: It \: \: is \: \:} \\ \mathtt{ because, \: the \: \: success \: \: of \: \: Champaran \: \: became \: \: } \\ \mathtt{ the \: \: success \: \: of \: \: civil \: \: disobedience \: \: for \: \: the \: \: } \\ \mathtt{first \: \: time \: \: in \: \: India. \: Even \: \: the \: \: episode \: \: made \: \: } \\ \mathtt{ the \: \: people \: \: fearless \: \: against \: \: the \: \: British, \: \: } \\ \mathtt{which \: \: helped \: \: Gandhi \: \: to \: \: gather \: \: the \: \: people \: \: } \\ \mathtt{for \: \: the \: \: freedom \: \: struggle \: \: of \: \: India.}$

This is how, Champaran movement episode became a turning point in Gandhi's life.