Question

Name the main Satyagraha movement organised by Mahatma Gandhi successfully in favour of peasants in 1916 and 1917.

Answer 1

Gandhi returned India in 1915, thereafter he organized the satyagrah andolan in different places at different times as follows:
(1) 1916-Champaran, Bihar
this was to inspire the peasants to struggle against oppressive plantation system
(2) 1917-Kheda district of Gujrat
this was to support the peasants which were not able to pay the revenue due to crop failure and a plague. they were demanding the revenue collection to be relaxed.
(3) 1918-Ahemdabad
this styagrah was organized amongst the cotton mill workers.

Answer 2

The main features of satyagraha movement are..

1) In 1916 gandhi ji travelled to champaran in bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.

2) In 1917 he organised a satyagraha to support the peasants of the kheda district of Gujarat.

3) In 1918 Gandhi ji went to Ahmedabad to organise a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers..