Question

The champaran episode was a turning point in Gandhi s life.example​

Answer 1

Gandhi considered the champaran episode as a turning point in his life because he realised that civil disobedience, which has triumphed for the first time, could go a long way in the freedom struggle. Moreover he had succeeded in making the peasant's aware od their rights and become confident. This success, thus proved, the effectiveness of Gandhi's method of non-violence and non-cooperation.

Answer 2

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

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